Despite Hurricane Ike's pounding of Houston, including the area around the Johnson Space Center, NASA doesn't yet plan to delay the launches of the next two shuttle flights. The first of those, the last Hubble repair mission, is set for October 10, while the second is set for November 12.
JSC seems to have come through Ike with no real damage. Surrounding residential areas, including the homes of much of the JSC staff, were evacuated and remain without power, however. Getting flight support personnel and their families back and settled seems to be the biggest obstacle at this time to flying the two final missions of the year as scheduled.
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