Some of Ike's missing may have just washed away

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The death toll from Hurricane Ike is remarkably low so far, considering that legions of people stayed behind as the storm obliterated row after row of homes along the Texas coast. But officials suspect there are more victims out there and say some might simply have been swept out to sea.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080918/...ke_the_missing