They say more than 4 million without power; the storm surge flooded 1,800 homes in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, and rescue officials initially couldn't get to them because of high winds; Many people in Orange County -- which lies on the Louisiana state line -- were stranded on rooftops and in attics because of storm surge
My BIL is in Baytown. My husband hasn’t been able to reach him. They have a 2 story home though so I guess they are ok.
One thing you don’t see in those images, big piles of debris.
Going out on a limb here, it’s early, but anecdotal evidence is building...
Galveston and Houston dodged a bullet.
Think we’ll see some pretty sobering sights before it’s all said and done, there’s probably going to be some...missing blocks...from LA to Freeport, but not block after block after block, massive catastrophe. Exceptions will be the coastal towns right on the beach, north and east of Galveston.
Still, it looks like the big cities made it out with heavy cosmetic and /or localized damage, but not catastrophic structural losses.