Ike 11PM Update

Not too much change. Ike has slowed down slightly, but the eye will make landfall in the next couple of hours. It has shown some signs of strengthening still with an increase in upper level winds. Centerpoint Energy is now reporting 425,000 power outages, and fire crews are reporting several large fires around Galveston that they are still unable to get to. As I said before, we are here for the duration and will continue to update Ike's intensity and any damage or other pertinent information we recieve here at the tracking center.