I spoke with my dad, their power is out but he’s got a generator going with plenty of gas. The lady across the street had her tree blown down.
I never made double time.
Power went out at 05:40 and just came back on 30 minutes ago, at 22:10. I'm pretty much right on the Houston/Katy line and got about as much wind as expected, but what feels like less rain. I haven't checked the official county gauges, but no street flooding. Also no significant tree damage in sight other than some smaller branches that dropped (though I have a relative near New Caney where a tree fell and rammed a branch through the roof of their spare bedroom; they're not happy campers).
Of course I noticed, if for no other reason than I was missing your updates (why go anywhere else when I've got all I need right here. LOL!). Glad to hear you're OK and no damage.You noticed!
Oh, and for those who may be members, PSC in Friendswood is closed until further notice while they clean up; check their website before you go.
All in all, I think we dodged one. Ended up a stern reminder of what a Cat 4 or 5 storm on the same path can do, and how these things can shift around.
I actually had been capturing each every-three-hours NOAA update map and intended to use Photoshop to build them into an animated GIF. Last one I got was 01:00 on the 8th. Once it was clear that Beryl was going to come right across the top of us, I shut down all the home office stuff in preparation for the storm's arrival, so the sequential captures ended up being a wasted effort. But the steady march of the forecast cone from northern Mexico to Houston was pretty illustrative of how these things get pulled around by prevailing conditions, and why you gotta keep an eye on them. Er, no pun intended...Try and stay cool today @Moonpie. Don’t try to work too much.
