Prayers for those in the path of Hurricane Ike

Marcel of the Aggie Catholics blog asks for prayers:

The new forecast models have Hurricane Ike going almost directly over College Station. So, please pray for our safety. Also, with the move northward (toward Houston) we will be seeing a large number of evacuees come into town. Evacuations are being ordered, some mandatory, and we could have more than 1 million people moving inland...We need your prayers and so do those fleeing their homes in the wake of this storm. Pray hard!

Ike is currently on a direct-collision course with Galveston-Houston. A local science blogger writes:

Good evening. The track forecast for Ike tonight has edged significantly closer to the Houston-Galveston area, now bringing the storm ashore near Freeport.

As I wrote a few years ago, for Houston's sake, this is just about the worst possible place a storm could make landfall. (More)

Keep track of the storm here at StormPulse.