This image provided by NASA shows Hurricane Ike in the Gulf of Mexico closing in on the Texas coast. The image was taken Wednesday Sept. 10, 2008 from the International Space Station.

A truck drives along the seawall past crashing waves as Hurricane Ike approaches Friday, Sept. 12, 2008 in Galveston, Texas.

A Galveston Police officer, right, helps residents evacuate as a house burns in the background during Hurricane Ike.

A street in Surfside Beach, Texas is under water as Hurricane Ike pushes the Gulf water into the beach town Friday morning.

With hurricane Ike offshore, Michael Gardner walks in high water in front of a burning marina warehouse in Galveston, Texas, Friday.

Fire destroys homes along the beach on Galveston Island, Texas as Hurricane Ike approaches Friday.

Bobby Taylor uses a kayak to evacuate as his neighborhood was overtaken by water in Surfside Beach, Texas. Taylor had planned to remain home despite Hurricane Ike, but later changed his mind.

The storm surge from Hurricane Ike and debris covers a streetin Seabrook, Texas, on Friday.

Estella Morales walks through a flooded street after checking on a friend's business in downtown Galveston, Texas.

Robbie La Nasa takes a picture of a flooded car in New Orleans on Friday. The high lake level is caused by the passage of Hurricane Ike.

Harlon Pearce talks on the phone as he walks through the flood waters after checking on his boathouse in New Orleans, Friday.

People gather in front of their boathouses in the Orleans Marina on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans, Friday.

Daniel Gallegos watches a wave crash into the Galveston seawall as Hurricane Ike approaches the Texas coast.

Northbound traffic on Interstate 45 in League City, Texas, is at a standstill as Galveston County residents flee the path of Hurricane Ike.