While Houston did not take the brunt of the storm the way Galveston did, Ike did knock out the city's water pumping systems, and that was sufficient to threaten the whole health-care system.

I didn't study fine art, I don't have a natural talent to effortlessly knock out a realistic bowl of fruit beside a water jug, and yet somehow I've still managed to blag my way this far.

Waves can knock you down or push you to the ocean floor. Get out of the water when the waves get rough.