Bad storm, yes. Catastrophic, no. I had a lot of fears of a 1900 replay, but thankfully it stayed a Cat 2.
Too early to dance in the streets, but so far, both wind and surge seem to be juuuuust under catatrophic levels.
Still, one breach across Galveston, or wave/surge combination on the Bay’s west side could take out a good sized area, and if unluckly, generate a lot of casualties too.
The final all clear has to wait till the aerial surveys are done, and I’m not sure they’re even off the ground yet.
Cautious optimisim is my watchword for now.
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.