It was just over a week ago that Hurricane Beryl powered up and made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane along the central Texas coastline.
Several days later, over 150,000 customers, in and around Houston, remain without power.
Again, from a Category 1 storm.
A week ago.
The second named storm of the season was also the earliest Category 5 hurricane on record in the Atlantic basin. Domestically, we should take pause and appreciate that the system wasn’t stronger when it made landfall in Texas. More importantly, learn from it in real time. It’s never “just a tropical storm” or “just a Category 1.”
These storms come in all shapes and sizes, delivering impacts that can moderately, if not severely,…
