Alex Ferguson writes:
Hurricane Ike's thumping of Cuba didn't seem to interrupt the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous in 2008, but it's certainly got people thinking about the State of Texas, which is thought to be right in the path of an ever-strengthening Hurricane Ike.
Fans of University of Texas football were pretty upset that their game against hated rival Arkansas has been called off, but there you go.
Oh, and can we advise people with property or business in Galveston to rediscover religion and start praying about this storm, because according to maps from modelling company First America, a major storm surge will put the town underwater....
The movie of predicted damage won't make viewing any easier, though....