We’ve been watching coverage of Hurricane Ike for a while now. More me than RB, he fell asleep on the couch two hours ago. We found a Houston channel on our DirecTv that’s broadcasting nothing but storm coverage. The win is really picking up now, sometimes the reporters look like they’re having a hard time keeping their feet on the ground. Ike is close and they’re predicting the eye will cross the coast any time now. He is huge and nasty looking. The Houston channel is showing footage similar to this one that comes from The Weather Channel. I’ve heard it mentioned several times that Ike is almost the size of Texas. In this picture he also looks almost the size of the Gulf.

Are you fascinated by live coverage of severe weather, or do you turn it off?