9 AM Update

Good morning. We slept a little early this morning but we are back now. radio frequencies are hard to listen to this morning as Emergency Management and Responders are on the streets and beginning door to door searches in Galveston and Houston just begins to assess damage.., That damage includes windows out, homes destroyed and widespread flooding. Several fires are still burning without any attendance yet, so the day will be a long one.

Death tolls are not an issue right now as daylight has only now allowed action on the part of search and rescue so we will be monitoring that as well this morning as we report to you. Millions are without power and we cannot stress enough how important it is to try to keep your phone calls to a minimum despite the urge and desire to try to reach loved ones. Clogged lines deter those in real need from making calls that they need to make right now.

We will have an update for you agai in an hour as we gather information, but for now we know that there is millions without power and it was a scary night as Ike made landfall during our last blog post.

We know that Galveston experienced winds in excess of 110 MPH as the eyewalls struck the island and according to reports, we had over 140,000 folks in the evacuation areas that did not evacuate. FEMA is on top of things with several thousand officials at the ready and a plan to begin shipping in packaged meals, generators and water.

Ike is still a Cat 1 and storms will continue throughout the day.

Another update soon.