Blue Dogs Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 For anyone, who lived through Hurricane Alicia in the fall of 1983, who remembers this and the long news coverage from Ch. 13 ? Part 1 of Hurricane Alicia coverage Part 2: Ch. 13's Dave Ward discussing the events and aftermath of Hurricane Alicia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 I'm not going to swear to exactly what I was watching one evening 31 years ago, but IIRC I was switching between the three network channels until the power went down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxDave Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 I was living in the Midwest then, but my dad was visiting friends in Nassau Bay during Alicia - so I watched intently from afar. When I moved to Houston on my own a few years later, Channel 13 ran an anniversary special that I recorded and still have Working downtown, I was amazed at the damage inflicted upon what were brand new towers at that time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Legend had it at the time that much of the downtown glass damage from Alicia resulted from the roof gravel (much larger then) being blown off of what was then the Tenneco, now Kinder Morgan (and for a while El Paso Energy) building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 It's interesting to see how major events like these were covered in the era before total round-the-clock coverage took hold. If anyone ever was able to dig up KPRC's coverage of the storm, that would be interesting to check out. I I've only seen a few bits and pieces over the years, but it seemed to be fairly straight forward and to the point reportage from the clips I've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Interesting to see. At the time I was a starving student and I don't think I had a television to watch any coverage. I had never been in a hurricane, and I hoped to stay up and experience it but fell asleep instead. When I got up the worst of it was over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted November 15, 2014 Author Share Posted November 15, 2014 I've heard that parts of downtown Houston was damaged due to the hurricane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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