One year ago Hurricane Ike rolled into Texas and ripped it apart. However from that destruction the towns left destroyed have come back and rebuilt. It makes you wonder what the hell is going on in New Orleans and why so much of that city is still a disaster area.

Hurricanes, one of nature’s forces to be reckoned with. Coming into contact with one is never a pretty thing but that cannot be said when seeing this nature’s fury from far far away like Space.

Hurricane Ike was a Category 4 hurricane, with wind speeds of up to 145 mph. It was apparently the most severe storm thus far in 2008. The damage done by Ike is estimated to up be up to $27 billion along the coastal areas of US. Here is what’s left after Hurricane Ike passes through.

Japan is trying to recover from a severe earthquake and a typhoon that hit its coasts on weekend.