Claudette lashes Texas coast amid damage and outages
Hurricane Claudette struck the mid-Texas coast near Port O Connor and Palacios with 80 mph winds, killing a 33 year old woman inland in Victoria. Power plant workers maintained output as the storm toppled towers, cut power across a wide area and left streets littered with debris. The storm weakened to a tropical storm by late Tuesday night.
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Palacios
Texas
Claudette
mid-Texas
Ed Conaway
South Texas
Matagorda Bay
Port O'Connor
Wadsworth
Conaway
Victoria
Port O’connor
Mike Ratcliff
Scot Walker
The
Victoria Advocate
Walker
Galveston County Daily News
Kevin Battram
Jamaica Beach
Baytown Weather Weathered by Claudette with Minimal Damage
Baytown faced a soggy but largely unscathed tropical storm as Claudette brushed ashore near Port O’Connor. Winds neared 60 mph, with the worst impact between 5:30 and 7 a.m. Emergency leaders activated operations at 7 a.m. and coordinated with Goose Creek ISD and Red Cross while noting the storm’s unexpected northerly drift.
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Baytown
Claudette
Alicia
Berard Olive
Port O'Connor
Chuck Woodruff
Bayland Island Marina
Olive
Goose Creek
Red Cross
Claudette Baytonians See Rain and Memory
Baytown residents endure heavy rainfall with little relief as a city weather forecast warns of more rain. A local official urges caution while memories of past storms surface in Claudette's narrative reflections. A writer contemplates Claudette and the period Alicia amid the downpour.
Goose Creek voters weigh Chapter 41 funding options
Goose Creek ISD residents will vote by Oct 16 on how to use excess property value funds after district becomes Chapter 41. The board offers options to give funds to the state, partner with another district, or combine both. Enrollments and property value per student, now at 316000, push the district toward wealth status and Robin Hood transfers.
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Baytown
Goose Creek
Paul McLarty
la Porte
Deer Park
Texas City
Mclarty
Chapter 41
Sulis
Sultis
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