Thursday, September 11th, 2008 — Hurricane Ike’s turn toward the Houston area spurred emergency officials this morning to call for a mandatory evacuation of residents in areas that will be subject to a massive storm surge. Harris County Judge Ed Emmett called for mandatory evacuations of low-lying areas starting at noon today. Those residents are in ZIP codes 77058, 77059, 77062, 77520, 77546, 77571, 77586 and 77598. They are in evacuation zones A and B.