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The Houston Police Department has asked the Austin Police Department to help in areas hit by Hurricane Ike.

About 20 evacuees staying at the Austin Convention Center came to the humane society to visit with their pets on Monday offering relief in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike.

Hurricane Ike flooded Highway 45 southbound into Galveston leaving behind a freeway full of debris. Now residents and officials are working toward getting things back to normal.

Gas prices are poised to shoot back towards record highs after Hurricane Ike's direct hit on the heart of the nation's oil refinery base, analysts said.

Truck driver Joe Cantu has thousands of bags of state-ordered ice ready to go into possible storm-ravaged areas.

Doug Keller is old enough to be a grandfather. He remembers Hurricane Betsy in 1965, Camille four years later, and Katrina and Rita, of course, just three years ago.

But Gustav is the first storm he's ever run away from.

Flooding is now the concern as Tropical Storm Dolly moves deeper into southern Texas. Up to a foot of rain has already fallen in some areas with more expected.

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