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Hurricane Force Winds Rip Through Houston Yesterday Evening

jackieschmidt

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Yesterday at around 6:00PM we had a tremendous weather system come through South East Texas that was about as bad as any hurricane I have been through.

Our generator came on at around 6:00 PM, and was still on when I left this morning.

We had pouring rain and winds past 80 mph. Power lines and trees are down everywhere.

Driving in at 4:00 AM this morning, everything up Hyway 290 and I-10 was totally dark.

I guess in the grand scheme, it’s not that big of a deal, aside from most of the metro area being brought to a standstill.
 
Yesterday at around 6:00PM we had a tremendous weather system come through South East Texas that was about as bad as any hurricane I have been through.

Our generator came on at around 6:00 PM, and was still on when I left this morning.

We had pouring rain and winds past 80 mph. Power lines and trees are down everywhere.

Driving in at 4:00 AM this morning, everything up Hyway 290 and I-10 was totally dark.

I guess in the grand scheme, it’s not that big of a deal, aside from most of the metro area being brought to a standstill.
Saw the news piece this morning. Not often you see high voltage transmission tower toppled.
Glad you guys are safe.
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Saw some pics of the glass coming off the skyscrapers, that was likely something of a hair raising moment for more than a few folk. That issue has been around for a while, maybe it'll spur some builders to fix that problem as best they can.
 
I just went over to our biggest building ant our shop and one of the huge doors, which faces north, is blown off the rails. Limbs and debris everywhere.
we have our men cleaning things up.

Back home now, cleaning up the yard.
 
Here's another tower I found this morning on Antoine. I think this tower is two or three away from the one pictured above.
 

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