To answer bluebeards question:
Galveston is about 45 miles from Houston proper, but with urban sprawl it's probably a lot closer by now.
Saw rattlesnakes hanging on barbed wire fences after Hurricane Carla back in 1961 ... yep I was in that one when I was 17.
Here's some interesting reading while waiting for the surge to pass:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/0...alveston.1900/
Quote:
By KC Wildmoon (CNN) -- The worst weather disaster in American history took place in Galveston, Texas, 
in 1900 when a hurricane estimated as a Category 4 intensity blew ashore, killing thousands of residents and obliterating the town.
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PS I wasn't in that one lol