WOW.
So what's going on here?
We have relatively minor damage, both wind and surge at the point of landfall.
We have significant structural damage at Lufkin and Nacogdoches, Texas, 150 miles inland, and the wind tearing up a dam nearby.
We have a surge that keeps on growing several hours after the storm, apparantly deeper at a range of 150 to 200 miles east of landfall than it was at Lake Charles, only 50 miles from landfall.
Am I the only one who sees a problem with this information?
Must be "early reports".
They're always wrong.
Same goes for the pictures of the waders at Laffite.
Bad camera angle.