Today in the Financial Crisis, Saturday Sept. 13, 2008: One Giant Storm Passes Over Texas, Another About to Hit Wall Street

On that Saturday our focus was on the hurricane, described by Wikipedia as:

...the costliest hurricane ever to impact Cuba, the third-costliest hurricane ever to make landfall in the United States, the costliest hurricane in Texas history ... Wikipedia

Like Sandy the storm wasn't particularly strong, in Ike's case high cat-2, but it was so damn big:

 

Ike, one day before the 2:10 a.m. CDT Sept. 13 landfall, half the size of the Gulf of Mexico

Our September 13, 2008 posts:

5:44a.m.
8 a.m. Update: Ike Moving Away From Houston. Millions without Electricity
9:35a.m.
Hurricane Watch: Did Southeast Texas escape the worst? (and What's Next?)
9:54a.m.
Hurricane Ike and Gasoline Prices
10:45a.m.
Force Majeure Declaration with Respect to Deliveries of September 2008 and any remaining August 2008 NYMEX Natural Gas Contracts

The next day, Sept. 14, all hell broke loose in New York and Washington D.C.