National news is still talking about the " 110 mph winds " of Ike , but local news is noting the highest winds clocked on Galveston Island are only 70 mph . Radar is also showing a large dry area on the east side of the eye , which one local meteorologist speculates could mean the eye is disintegrating ( it seems to be growing more diffuse , not more compact , as it comes ashore ) . You can see in the picture that the eye is starting to look like an apostrophe rather than a period .

Answer the following question: What type of event is the narrator describing ?
A large natural disaster .