[TheRightGuy]

If you have 100 mph winds plus a 20-25 storm surge -- you can have waves that reach 40 feet at the high end and 20 feet on the low end easily.

True, but I was up pretty muh all night watching the stats flash by and the highest surge I saw reported at Galveston pier was 11.7 feet. And that was about an hour after the storm came ashore.

[LA Woman3]

Seawall impassable at 10th Street because structures from the beach are now on the street.

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[deport]

The surge didn’t top out at the higher forecast as best as I can tell. It was about 14.25’ in High Island which is to the east of Galveston and by 4 am it was beginning to fall. Port Arthur got something like 11.5’ according to the local weather guy.

I’ve seen comments and reports from Galvestion talking about the hugh waves when what they were seeing was the splash effect from when the wave hit the sea wall and created a splash of several feet.