Like moths to a flame

Here they come.. no not the waves, the contestants for the annual Darwin awards. This year the contestants are entering the competition from Galveston Texas.

"Onlookers pose for pictures as waves generated by Hurricane Ike crash against the sea wall in Galveston, Texas. The main body of the storm, now rated as Category2 with winds above 100 mph, was expected to hit Galveston late today.
September 12, 2008"
Photo courtesy of Los Angeles Times. Photographer Larry W. Smith/EPA


"Steve Owen, right, and his son Austin, 13, are swamped by a wave from Hurricane Ike while standing on the sea wall in Galveston, Texas." September 12, 2008
Photograph: L.M. Otero / Associated Press. Los Angeles Times