Preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion. Sounds ominous doesn't it.
According to the latest advisory there is likely to be a storm surge of 13 to 18 feet above normal tide levels. And:
Large swells generated by Ike will affect portions of the southeast United States coast during the next couple of days. These waves could generate dangerous and life-threatening rip currents. 
Ike is a CAT 4 Hurricane with gusts reaching a mammoth 160mph. Ike continues to track WSW at a steady 11mph.
Computer models place Ike roughly where Gustav was not long ago. Once in the Gulf Ike is likely to regain strength lost in Cuba as was the case with Gustav. The latest 5 day forecasts are for a strengthening back up to Cat 3.
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos - Hurricane Ike loomed over this low-lying island chain Saturday as a dangerous Category 4 storm, prompting thousands of people to evacuate while those staying behind hunkered down and hoped for the best.
As the massive gray wall of clouds approached from the east, people poured into the main supermarket in Providenciales, expecting that power would be knocked out and that food would suddenly become scarce.
"I am very, very nervous," said John Moore, a fishing boat captain, as he tied down his 61-foot vessel in a Providenciales cove. "It looks like it might go right over us, so that's not a good picture."
Ike's eye was about 60 miles (105 kilometers) east of Grand Turk Island Saturday evening. It was moving west-southwest about 12 mph (18 kph). The U.S. National Hurricane Center said the storm's maximum sustained winds were 135 mph (215 kph).
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