Some info on Ike

Here are some pics taken from space of Ike. Pictures were retrieved from http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26666037/ on Sept 12, 2008.This Sept. 10 picture of Hurricane Ike was downlinked by the crew of the International Space Station, flying 220 statute miles above Earth.This image provided by NASA shows Hurricane Ike, still a Category 4 storm on the morning of Sept. 4, 2008 when this photo was taken from the International Space Station's vantage point of 220 miles above the Earth.

Right now Ike is a category 2 and is still just coming into contact with the coast.