Up until I went to bed last night I had fears of another 1900’s one too.
I am extremely relieved and am gladly eating crow over this.
Looks like Galveston was saved due to the mid-day shift to the east which put them in the center, not the eastern, ‘dirty’ side. That decreased the storm surge by about 1/3. We still need to hear from areas to the east which would have gotten the full surge.