Hurricane Watch 2008

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Originally Posted by KJ3

speaking of alicia, category 5's and how much it would take for a hurricane to make it to houston.....wasn't alicia close to that? i was born right around the same time so i only hear how bad it was....

Alicia was a cat 3 when it struck Galveston. I was in College Station that night, and the next morning while driving down Hwy 6 in CS, a US Postal mailbox went tumbling by me on the street, not a little home box, but the big mettle ones in front of Post Offices. That when I decided to get back in doors.

Downtown Houston had lost a lot of glass from the buildings, most houses had lost electric due to the downed limbs and trees. Our ranch in Hempstead had a large amount of damage due to downed trees, no buildings where hurt but 2 miles of fence had to be restrung.

A Cat 5 hitting here has me nervous, but not panicked. Last night at the grocery store people where panicking. It was funny.