Ditter, I’m a Texan. Of course I know how devastating Ike was. Family members were affected, both my adult children and my siblings.
My point was not to belittle the storm’s impact but rather to point out that “only a Cat 2” can do tremendous damage.
Tropical Storm Allison, not even a hurricane, ruined Houston in 2001. Perhaps you were there?
Sorry if you misunderstood the intent of my remark. Texas weather is NEVER to be taken lightly. :-/
Yes, sorry I did misunderstand. We had a house on Galveston Bay and Allison did a number on our property. We were at our bay house preparing it for Allison. As it got close and we witnessed a tornado that hit the corner of our house and took all the furniture off our deck. We were right on the bay and the storm took 18” of soil out of our yard behind the bulkhead. The yard, fence and boat dock were not covered by insurance.
We need to get our state flags back on our home page so we will know where people live.