The storm that hurtled through Houston late Thursday surprised a city long accustomed to bouts of serious weather.
The Astros kept playing baseball, even as rain and wind whipped into the team’s closed-dome stadium.
Many people, following their evening routines, were caught unaware on bikes or at the gym.
Decades-old oak and pecan trees were ripped in two or knocked over at the roots, flattening fences or blocking roadways.
Highway billboards buckled, including the Car Wreck Cowboy, a local lawyer whose sign, usually towering over Interstate 45 near downtown, had been flattened into an empty lot.
Persons:
Houstonians
Organizations:
Astros
Locations:
Houston, —