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<blockquote data-quote="greybeard" data-source="post: 1528962" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>I was 11 when Carla hit Port O'Conner/Port Lavaca and this was 'my' 1st hurricane. . We lived just East of Houston at the time, about 8 miles from Houston Ship Channel where it makes the turn at Lynchburgh Ferry crossing..44 air miles from the Gulf of Mexico but we lived on the high side of the river that flows into the ship channel. I had snuck out of the house thru the garage that day, to see what it was like. Wind was not all 'that' bad, but the rain stung me in the face like dozens of little bees. A tree was already down in our neighbor's yard, and all the houses looked so strange with plywood over the windows. A tornado had already hit the neighboring town of Channelview. </p><p></p><p>I have a healthy respect for these type storms, but am (and always have been) fascinated by them. Fascination usually wins.</p><p></p><p>We drove down toward the ferry landing as soon as the rain abated. Didn't get there. Flood water was still over the road where you start down the hill to Burnet Bay and water 1/2 way up the utility poles......as the crow flies, a full 125 miles from where Carla made landfall.</p><p>She was a monster.</p><p></p><p>Could have been worse and for Galveston, Ike was. (The Carla water mark at Stork Bar & Restaurant in Galveston is about 4' above the sidewalk)</p><p></p><p><a href="https://postimages.org/" target="_blank"><img src="https://s8.postimg.cc/6gx1d6w3p/920x920.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="https://postimages.org/" target="_blank">upload photos for a link</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1528962, member: 18945"] I was 11 when Carla hit Port O'Conner/Port Lavaca and this was 'my' 1st hurricane. . We lived just East of Houston at the time, about 8 miles from Houston Ship Channel where it makes the turn at Lynchburgh Ferry crossing..44 air miles from the Gulf of Mexico but we lived on the high side of the river that flows into the ship channel. I had snuck out of the house thru the garage that day, to see what it was like. Wind was not all 'that' bad, but the rain stung me in the face like dozens of little bees. A tree was already down in our neighbor's yard, and all the houses looked so strange with plywood over the windows. A tornado had already hit the neighboring town of Channelview. I have a healthy respect for these type storms, but am (and always have been) fascinated by them. Fascination usually wins. We drove down toward the ferry landing as soon as the rain abated. Didn't get there. Flood water was still over the road where you start down the hill to Burnet Bay and water 1/2 way up the utility poles......as the crow flies, a full 125 miles from where Carla made landfall. She was a monster. Could have been worse and for Galveston, Ike was. (The Carla water mark at Stork Bar & Restaurant in Galveston is about 4' above the sidewalk) [url=https://postimages.org/][img]https://s8.postimg.cc/6gx1d6w3p/920x920.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://postimages.org/]upload photos for a link[/url] [/QUOTE]
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