Hurricane Ike, by many considered to the most dangerous hurricane this year, is causing chaos, destruction, panic and fear in places it has hit, and is likely to hit. It ‘damaged most of the homes on Grand Turk island as it roared onto the Bahamas, raked Haiti’s flooded cities with driving rain and threatened the Florida Keys on its way to Cuba as a ferocious Category 4 storm Sunday.’
‘Turks and Caicos premier Michael Misick said Ike damaged 80 percent of the homes on the main island and that hundreds lost their roofs as the hurricane made a near-direct hit. People have been cowering in closets and under stairwells and “just holding on for life. They got hit really, really bad,” he told’ the AP this morning.
In the meantime, Ike was on his way to the Bahamas’ Great Inagua Island. On this island ‘85 people 
inside a community center shelter huddled around a radio.’
“It’s looking terrible,” said Henry Nixon, a reserve police officer. “All we can do is hunker down and pray.”
After raging over the Bahamas, Ike will head towards Cuba. This island will be hate late Monday, after which Ike will go on towards the Gulf of Mexico.
Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana is taking all precautions necessary before Ike hits. ‘In the Florida Keys, tourists were ordered out ahead of the storm and authorities planned a phased evacuation for residents Sunday morning, starting with the southernmost islands.’ The storm is more than destructive; it is potentially deadly.
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