by dbhosttexas » Tue Sep 14, 2021 6:23 am
Hunkered down. The little tropical storm that was supposed to hit WELL south of us at the TX / Mexico border decided to strengthen, and slide north, and hit just south of Galveston, putting the entirety of Galveston County, where I live, suddenly on the dirty side of a category 1 hurricane in the middle of the night. With next to no prep. Well, okay I can now easily take power outages, cooking, AC etc... But no windows got boarded up, no planters pulled in etc... My trash cans are probably in the street right now...
Update. The storm has passed, mostly, and the moisture is being sucked north, and east of us, which is a good thing. I had a chance to peruse the damage, fence is okay, no window damage, but I lost a few sheets of siding. I have Masonite siding on the house that is giving out a panel at a time. I have plywood T1-11 in the garage. Need to paint 2 sheets up, and wait for the yard to dry out enough so that I can stand on a ladder and not just bury the ladder in the gumbo mud that is my yard right now...
Literally walking across the yard to inspect the damage, I was sinking to the tops of my shoes.