On September 11, 1961 Hurricane Carla hit the Texas coast.

[Demtexan]

The landfall was between Port Lavaca and Port O Connor.

Not that far away from Rockport where Harvey has landed.

I remember Hurricane Carla.

I was 7 years old on my Grandparents farm.

We were in the worst of that storm.

The eye went over us.

Everything got really still.

My Grandfather and brothers went out to take care of the animals very quickly.

I can still remember the sound of the wind.

It seems like Carla lasted several days.

I remember sleeping between my mother and sister.

The wind howling around the farm house.

Pitch dark outside.

We would have been safer in Houston.

The farm house would shake a little.

Stay safe Rockport.

[secondwind]

1. Vivid memories.

[Demtexan]

2. Yeah.

Tree were bending over.

The wind howled.

Water would come under the doors from the rain.

There were 7 kids and 6 adults in the house.

We had epic games of battle with my Grandparents playing cards.

We played board games during the day.

We had fun but the adults had all the work and fear.

We out of school.

[catrose]

3. I remember too

From Houston: all of us sleeping on the living room floor. Days before we went back to school. My first hurricane.

[DUgosh]

4. I was in Victoria

On Mimosa Street. Lived with my Mom and two sisters in a little wooden house on piers. We went to stay at the preachers because he had a brick house. I still remember the sound of the roof being ripped off of the preachers house with us in it. We survived & went home to an intact house minus the screen door. I hate storms to this day.

[raven mad]

5. 1960. Hurricane Donna. I was on Cocoa Beach, Florida.

I was 6. My little brother was 2.

We "fled" "inland" (LOL! check the terrain, there wasn't any inland until you got to Orlando!) Brevard Hotel in Cocoa. Lightening scary. Iced Coca Cola from Dad, liverwurst & onion sandwiches on white with worcestershire........

It flooded everything, and we had to try to get home on a draw bridge.

Seond worst? I wasn't a kid.

Andrew.

[bobbieinok]

6. I was in CA

When I heard that Rice cancelled classes, I knew the storm was really bad.