A video of Ike's affect on Cuba: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03JU_ScZJtg

Maybe someone that speaks spanish can clue us in on what they are saying.

Ike looks to be regenerating some now that it is over water. GFDL keeps the storm mostly over water until it reaches the western tip of Cuba. Going to be interesting watching where the storm actually heads.

NHC has released it's 11pm, keeping Ike at Category 1, though a very well organized yet disrupted category 1. The official forecast cone calls for landfall almost anywhere in the northwest portion of the gulf, from LA through northern Mexico. Expect variation in this cone as the storm continues to defy long range predictions, as it has most of the last week (ergo, even if you aren't in the cone, beware).

-- RC