Ike is beginning to strengthen slowly. At least I hope it is slowly. What we’ve been seeing has been an unusually long and drawn-out eyewall replacement. From KHOU:

Six hours after the National Hurricane Center forecast that Ike would make landfall on or near Galveston as a minimal Category 1 hurricane, forecasters now predict the hurricane will strengthen to a Category 3.

Guys, don’t lay this one at the feet of the NHC. You laid this turkey egg on your own. If you’ve been reading the damned discussion, you’d know that.