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 | A business sign is seen along a flooded street after Hurricane Ike hit the Texas coast, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, in Galveston, Texas. With roads still unpassable, it was unclear how many may have perished, and authorities mobilized for a huge search-and-rescue operation to reach the more than 100,000 people who ignored warnings that attempting to ride the storm out could bring 'certain death.'  click to open  |  | A resident walks next to damage boats on the I-45 highway after Hurricane Ike in Galveston, Texas September 13, 2008. Hurricane Ike slammed the Texas and Lousiana coast on Saturday with ferocious winds and a wall of water that flooded hundreds of miles, cut power to millions and caused billions of dollars in damage click to open |  | A wave breaks over a street sign as Hurricane Ike approaches Galveston, Texas September 12, 2008. Massive Hurricane Ike bore down on the Texas coast on Friday with a wall of water that threatened a potential catastrophe for the United States click to open |  | Von Johnson and Kristin Upp walk past a shrimp boat that was washed into a parking lot near The Strand district in Galveston, Texas, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008 after Hurricane Ike hit the area. click to open |  | Rescue crews pull in stranded residents from a flooded neighborhood after Hurricane Ike hit the Texas coast, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, in Galveston, Texas. Rescue crews in high-wheel trucks, helicopters and boats ventured out to pluck people from their homes Saturday in an all-out search for thousands of Texans who stubbornly stayed behind overnight to face Hurricane Ike click to open |  | A man searches through debris left along Seawall Blvd. by Hurricane Ike in Galveston, Texas. Rescuers picked through a trail of devastation in Texas on Saturday after Ike flattened hundreds of homes, flooded barrier islands and knocked out power to millions of people click to open |  | Debris on the I-45 highway at the entrance to Galveston is seen after Hurricane Ike hit the Gulf of Mexico near Galveston September 13, 2008. click to open |  | Casey Spence, of Galveston, walks away from high swells caused by Hurricane Ike in Galveston, Texas September 12, 2008. Hundreds of thousands of people fled coastal areas in the path of Hurricane Ike on Thursday as the storm gathered strength on a collision course with the Texas Gulf Coast, threatening to swamp populous areas around Houston under a massive wave of water. click to open |  | Two men wade through flooded streets as Hurricane Ike begins to make landfall in Galveston, Texas September 12, 2008. Massive Hurricane Ike bore down on the Texas coast on Friday, driving a wall of water into seaside communities and threatening catastrophic damage click to open |  | A truck moves next to damage boats on the I-45 highway after Hurricane Ike in Galveston, Texas September 13, 2008. Hurricane Ike slammed the Texas and Lousiana coast on Saturday with ferocious winds and a wall of water that flooded hundreds of miles, cut power to millions and caused billions of dollars in damage click to open |
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