* Estimated 4 million with no power. Officials warn it will be weeks before all power can be restored.
* Major Houston area airports not reporting weather conditions
* Major buildings in Downtown Houston damaged. Windows blown out of high rise buildings. in some cases 10-15 floors damaged. Metal coming off some buildings
* Brennan’s, a legendary Houston restaurant destroyed or severely damaged by fire in the height of the storm
* Landfall estimated at 2:10 am, CDT at Galveston
* Some persons trapped on rooftops Galveston area
* No fatality count yet
* Roof collapse on nursing home at Tomball
* Wind gust to 80 mph main campus of University of Houston
* Northward into East Texas, heavy rain and strong winds. Lufkin reports heavy rain, wind east, gusts 48. Heavy rain, strong winds also at Huntsville and College Station.
* Port Arthur now reporting south wind 53 with gusts to 79 mph
* Sabine Pass, where Louisiana meets Texas, wind SE, gusts 71
* Buoy 20 miles east of Galveston now reporting west wind, gusts 60 with 18 foot waves
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Published on: September 13, 2008 at 7:31 AM
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