Strongest storm to hit the Coastal Bend since Celia in 1970. Rode that one out on the Navy base.
Not chancing this one. Headed to northern Arkansas.
One of my aunts lived in CC in 1970-her husband was in the Navy and at sea when Celia was on the way-she was not going to pack up the kids and come to the ranch in SW Texas to stay with us-but she insisted we come to CC to be with her because she was scared-my dad was TDY, so my mom, myself and another aunt packed up the truck and went-that was one hell of a storm-all the roof was leaking, water was on all the floors and 3 windows were broken by flying tree limbs by the time it was done-my aunt had 9 kids from 21 to 6-all but one was there-we were trying to keep the oldest daughter calm-she was 2 years older than me, about 8 months pregnant, her husband was also at sea, and we didn’t really want her going into labor just then...
It was an experience I won’t forget-and don’t intend to repeat, either-I’ll continue to live 150-200 miles away from the coast, thanks...