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Thousands of Texans Flee Ike

Posted Sep 11, 08 5:07 AM CDT in US 

(Newser) – Thousands have fled low-lying areas of Texas in the projected path of Hurricane Ike, the Houston Chronicle reports. The storm is expected to get stronger before making landfall   along the coast this weekend. Texas has troops and 1,350 buses on standby for evacuations. As many as a million people may move to higher ground, officials predict.

Some residents along the coast are still planning to ride out the storm, but evacuations are becoming mandatory in some vulnerable areas. Officials are urging Texans to have evacuation plans in place, emphasizing that emergency services may not be available in many areas.  "People need to heed this and leave," a county judge told the Corpus Christi Caller-Times.

Sources Houston Chronicle, Corpus Christi Caller-Times

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Residents post a message to Ike in Port Aransas, Texas, yesterday.   (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Map shows the projected path of Hurricane Ike.   (AP Photo)
Louie Davila and his wife, Imelda, board up their home in the Pope Place neighborhood in Corpus Christi yesterday as they prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Ike.   (AP Photo)
Workers load dogs to be evacuated at the Texas Gulf Coast Humane Society in Corpus Christi yesterday.   (AP Photo)
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