Author: Juan A. Lozano
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Hurricane Ike sends Texans to high ground
HOUSTON • A monster-size Hurricane Ike bore down on the Texas coast late Friday, threatening to rattle the sparkling skyscrapers of America’s fourth-largest city, shut down the heart of the U.S. oil industry for days and obliterate waterfront towns flooded with waist-high water. Although nearly 1 million people evacuated coastal communities in the days leading…