It’s going to hit Texas as a Category 3. If I am reading the map correctly, Galveston is more or less in the middle of the the projected storm path, which suggests that you get out of coastal Texas generally, and give serious consideration to never actually living in Galveston. It’s like the danged storms aim for the place. Heck, for all I know, the geography of the Gulf of Mexico demands that they do. …Which suggests that maybe people shouldn’t actually try to live there, because the place gets smacked by Mother Nature on a remarkably regular basis.
Seriously, though, if you’re affected by this, stop reading my blog and go somewhere safer.
We’re just in time in Houston visiting the grandkids, were probably leaving a day early (tomorrow) to go back to SE VA.
Isn’t that why Houston exists?
Galveston and its famous Strand used to be a very big deal.
Then virtually everything there decided rebuilding on higher ground might be a good idea.
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(In the absence of federal largess, the residents of New Orleans would likely have reached a similar conclusion.)
To be fair, the French (and Spanish**) did build the quarter somewhat uphill ..
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Not *nearly* far enough but .. somewhat ..
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** what, you think all that black ironwork is French?
Glen Campbell sang a pretty good song about Galveston.
There are… disadvantages to building your civilization on a sand bar. Even Venice just sank and is left as little more than tourist bait.