There was a storm before Carla ...I had to be 4 or younger but I can remember an old house we lived in and how the edge of the roof kept “lifting” up. It seemed like each time it was a “whoa” moment by the grown ups. It might not have been as bad as it seemed from a child’s eyes but funny that I remember it.
When Beulah hit my parents were in the middle of a divorce (which was unheard of back then). Mother was in a “it’s about me” and “screw their father” phase. We were kids ~ we did not get it. We were excited to be staying in a hotel - something really new to us. Till the day I die, I will never forget my younger brother saying, “Whoa cool, the roof is coming up.”
Truly we were lucky, because that storm caused a whole lot of damage to that area.