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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. At 5 a.m. EDT Friday, the storm was centered about 265 miles southeast of Galveston, moving to the west-northwest near 13 mph. Ike was a Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds that had increased slightly to near 105 mph. (AP Photo/NASA)