They fear that stubborn squatters could face the same fate as Katrina victims.

“Stay and die” is the warning from weather officials who say that Hurricane Ike, which is steaming toward the Texas Gulf Coast, could be a deadly monster as sinister as his evil cousin, Katrina. “All neighborhoods … and possibly entire coastal communities … will be inundated during the period of peak storm tide,” the advisory from the National Weather Service said. Read more about the warning and how people are reacting here.

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It’s been three years since Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc on the Gulf Coast. See the pictures and remember the worst storm in U.S. history. Do you think we’re prepared for a new wave of killer storms that could visit us this year? Here’s more.