[Robert A Cook PE]

I was in 3rd grade for Carla in San Antonio - remember watching what seemed like days and days of rain.

[SouthTexas]

I was in the 2nd grade, 40 miles north of Corpus.

The most powerful tropical system to affect the Texas coast in over 40 years…Hurricane Carla made landfall between Port O’Connor and Port Lavaca on the day of September 11, 1961. In the open waters of the Gulf, a minimum central pressure of 931mb, or 27.50 inches along with maximum sustained wind speeds over 150 mph, made Carla a category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale of hurricane intensity. When the "eye" or center of Hurricane Carla made landfall early in the morning of the 11th, the intensity had dropped off but the storm was still packing winds of 120 mph in areas from Port O’Connor up the coast to Galveston. The "eye" of the storm came within 65 miles to the east of Corpus Christi.
Carla

[CindyDawg]

I was around six. In Alvin. After that my Mom left town any time a hurricane mentioned in the Gulf or Atlantic, no matter where it was. I missed a lot of school in Septs:’)

[NautiNurse]

Check out the "remnants" of TS Erin exploding over Oklahoma. NWS is calling it "the equivalent of a tropical storm." They are getting pounded with rainfall, some totals exceeding 9", and 40+ mph winds.

Enhanced IR

OKC radar

Hat tip to dufekin for the heads up.