Ike!!!

Ok, I kid in the post below. But check this out:



Damn. Click for (very) high res pic.

UPDATE: From the Associated Press, the "colossal storm" is "nearly as big as Texas itself". It threatens to "obliterate" waterfront towns. Huh.

UPDATE II: I'm starting to believe this "certain death" thing:


It pretty much fills the entire Gulf of Mexico.