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Old 08-27-2017, 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by bocca001 View Post
It's no fun being in the Houston area right now. Major rain delay. Does anyone have any Houston/Galveston items to show?
Being from Houston (now near Dallas, far north) I remember the flooding and chaos with hurricanes and high waters. We canoed down Braeswood Blvd (I used to live off of it, the same street as the JCC). That was 35-40 yrs ago and I doubt it is any better today, especially by the looks of it. Ironically I was born on Sept 5, 1961...The date of the last category 4+ hurricane to hit Houston before this one. Wishing all people and animals safety in your crisis...

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The third named storm and first Category 5 hurricane of the 1961 Atlantic hurricane season, Carla developed from an area of squally weather in the southwestern Caribbean Sea on September 3. Initially a tropical depression, it strengthened slowly while heading northwestward, and by September 5, the system was upgraded to Tropical Storm Carla. About 24 hours later, Carla was upgraded to a hurricane.


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