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Various of waves hitting seawall2. Firemen on pier, waves crashing in around them 3. High surf and waves crashing seawall4. Waves crashing under sign as two people walk by5. SOUNDBITE (English) Lieutenant...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eGalveston, Texas \u003cbr/\u003e1. Various of waves hitting seawall\u003cbr/\u003e2. Firemen on pier, waves crashing in around them \u003cbr/\u003e3. High surf and waves crashing seawall\u003cbr/\u003e4. Waves crashing under sign as two people walk by\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (English) Lieutenant Jorge Trevino, Galveston Police Department:\u003cbr/\u003e\"There will come a time when there may be several hours when we're going to be just unable to respond so we'll have to deal with that. We do take some comfort in knowing that there was a mandatory evacuation and this was their choice.\"\u003cbr/\u003e6. Waves crashing along sea wall behind building\u003cbr/\u003e7. People standing along beach as waves crash to shore\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (English) Vox Pop, Justin Sanchez, Galveston resident:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's pretty crazy. It's going to impact on our town if it gets out of hand, but it'll be alright.\"\u003cbr/\u003e9. Long shot of smoke rising from yacht repair warehouse \u003cbr/\u003eWashington, DC \u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Michael Chertoff, US Department of Homeland Security Secretary:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I'd like to give you the latest update as to where we are with Hurricane Ike. As you know, Hurricane Ike is a very serious and very dangerous storm in the Gulf. The size, strength, and current path of the storm have the potential to produce catastrophic - let me repeat that - catastrophic effects and to threaten the lives and safety of the citizens along the Texas coast and the western part of Louisiana.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eSan Antonio, Texas \u003cbr/\u003e11. Members of the Texas Task Force Ike loading helicopter to head out on rescue mission\u003cbr/\u003e12. Pilot\u003cbr/\u003e13. Helicopter on runway\u003cbr/\u003e14. Zoom in on helicopter taking off\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE (English) Master Sergeant Mark Moraes, California Air National Guard:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I believe I heard there are people trapped on a bridge by the Galveston area there, and both the Coast Guard and our assets are going into the area to try and get these people off the bridge.\"\u003cbr/\u003e16. Wide shot of people standing outside a shelter housing evacuees, tracking shot into interiors of shelter \u003cbr/\u003e17. People sitting by tables in shelter\u003cbr/\u003e18. People inside shelter\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE (English) Shirley Jones, Evacuee from Port Arthur, TX:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I expect to get back and see everything is well like I left it. Nobody knows but the Lord. It's all up in His hands.\"\u003cbr/\u003e20. Woman in wheelchair going into shelter\u003cbr/\u003eHurricane Ike, a colossal storm nearly as big as Texas itself, began battering the coast on Friday, threatening to obliterate waterfront towns and give the skyscrapers, refineries and docks of the fourth-largest city in the US their worst pounding in a generation.\u003cbr/\u003eBut even as towering waves started crashing over the 17-foot Galveston seawall and floodwaters rose in low-lying areas, it became clear that many of the 1 (m) million coastal residents who had been ordered to get out refused to so and were taking their chances.\u003cbr/\u003eAuthorities in three counties alone said roughly 90-thousand stayed behind, despite a warning from forecasters that many of those in one- or two-story homes faced \"certain death.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAt about 600 miles across, the hurricane was a monster, taking up almost the entire northern half of the Gulf of Mexico. \u003cbr/\u003eThe Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff said the storm could prove to be catastrophic.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Hurricane Ike is a very serious and very dangerous storm in the Gulf,\" Chertoff said.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The size, strength, and current path of the storm have the potential to produce catastrophic - let me repeat that - catastrophic effects and to threaten the lives and safety of the citizens along the Texas coast and the western part of Louisiana,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003eAs Ike zeroed in on the coast, it trapped 60 people who had to be rescued from the floodwaters near Galveston by helicopter, breached levees in rural Louisiana, and tossed around a disabled 584-foot cargo ship in the Gulf.\u003cbr/\u003eAs of 9 pm EDT (0100 GMT Saturday), Ike was centered about 70 miles (115 kilometres) southeast of Galveston, moving at 13 mph (21 kph). \u003cbr/\u003eIt was close to a Category 3 storm with winds of 110 mph (177 kph), and was expected to strengthen by the time the eye hit land. \u003cbr/\u003eGalveston Police official, Lieutenant Jorge Trevino, from the Galveston Police Department said the storm may incapacitate the force, but he pointed out the people who decided to stay, did so despite warnings. \u003cbr/\u003e\"There will come a time when there may be several hours when we're going to be just unable to respond so we'll have to deal with that. We do take some comfort in knowing that there was a mandatory evacuation and this was their choice,\" he said. \u003cbr/\u003eForecasters predicted the hurricane would come ashore somewhere near Galveston late Friday or early Saturday and pass almost directly over Houston.\u003cbr/\u003eBecause of the hurricane's size, the state's shallow coastal waters and its largely unprotected coastline, forecasters said the biggest threat would be flooding and storm surge, with Ike expected to hurl a wall of water two stories high, 20 to 25 feet at the coast.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said more than 5.5 (m) million pre-packaged meals were being sent to the region, along with more than 230 generators and 5.6 (m) million litres of water. \u003cbr/\u003eAt least 3,500 FEMA officials were stationed in Texas and Louisiana.\u003cbr/\u003eTo avoid highway gridlock, authorities instructed most of Houston's 2 (m) million residents to stay put. \u003cbr/\u003eStill, 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