Thanks for your concern, but we are fine and the 'quiet period' is normal. CFHC is primarily a site for tracking tropical cyclones in the Atlantic basin and for 'getting the word out' whenever a storm should threaten an area. I suspect that a lot of our contributors (and a big 'Thank You' to all of them) were up long into the wee hours of this morning monitoring the progress of Ike as the hurricane approached the Galveston area. Ike will soon become a Tropical Depression as the storm moves into southwestern Arkansas later this evening. Invests 91L and 92L are both not expected to develop - at least not for the next few days - since both Invest areas will be under the influence of strong windshear. So there really isn't anything to track for the moment and I'd guess that everyone is getting some well deserved rest. In the next couple of days we should all get a better idea of the scope of the damage that was inflicted by Ike and of the magnitude of the recovery effort.
ED