[topher]

Hurricane Carla (1961) was a Cat 5 storm. See Post #95 and link to National Hurricane Center Webpage or use link below:

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/crp/docs/research/hurrhistory/Carla/carla.html

[potlatch]

[Hurricane Carla (1961) was a Cat 5 storm.]

Yes I know, I lived through it and the eye passed directly over Victoria, which is 25 miles by road to Pt. Lavaca. Closer as the crow flies.

I have a Hurricane Carla book. Orange and Black soft cover like the Texas City Stingarees.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/crp/docs/research/hurrhistory/Carla/carla.html

Believe this is the same site you quoted from.