The winds are in Houston, but the whole Northwest corner of the Gulf is affected.
It finally established an eye, but like everything else with this storm, it is supersized – 45 miles across. It will take three hours to pass over a point at the storm’s current speed.
Galveston inside the seawall is going to be a swimming pool as it was already being overtopped and the high tide isn’t until 2AM.
Stay safe and let’s know when you can.
]]>At midnight, it’s finally grown a bit noisy outside; the gusts sound about 50 mph to me. (Sorry, I still think in mph.) There’s no serious rain yet, though we’re told it’s on its way. The power flickers occasionally, and we’ve heard a few transformers blow.
Galveston is suffering terribly. A lot of people are going to have little if anything to come back to, and those who stayed may die for their decision. Even Houston will get worse than we anticipated as recently as this afternoon, though so far we have nothing to complain about compared to people closer to the coast, or in the southeast part of Harris County, who are vulnerable to the storm surge. (There went another transformer. Time to send this before I can’t send this…)
Somehow I doubt I’ll sleep much tonight.
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