Hurricane Humberto

Humberto surprised everyone as it developed into a Hurricane overnight and swept inland between High Island and Sabine Pass, Texas. Me and Mike Smith were watching the news and following the path of the storm until the story escalated. Mike Smith jumped in his car and headed to Orange County to cover his beat at 1:30 in the morning. He got caught in the storms path and rode it out in his car in a Walmart parking lot. Bless his brave soul. I headed out at 6:00 that morning to get the remains. By that time the storm was over, the sun was out, and people were cleaning up or heading out to work. Wow, these Texans sure are unphased by anything.


Jack Payton sits on the slab foundation of his dislocated home as Claude Schley volunteers to salvage his belongings after Hurricane Humberto rumbled through the area in High Island, TX, Thursday, September 13, 2007. (Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley)

A Coast Gaurd helicopter circles the area after Hurricane Humberto hits the area in High Island, TX, Thursday, September 13, 2007. (Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley)

Connie Payton takes a moment to react while cleaning out her home after Hurricane Humberto moved the home off it's fountation and into the mud in High Island, TX, Thursday, September 13, 2007. (Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley)

Power lines hover dangerously close to the road on TX 124 near the intercoastal bridge between Winnie and High Island, TX, Thursday, September 13, 2007. (Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley)

Phil Andrus tries to make it to work through a flooded Lamar Street in Vidor, TX, Thursday, September 13, 2007. (Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley)

Madena Picard blocks off a flooded underpass at Exit 860A in Vidor, TX, Thursday, September 13, 2007. (Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley)

The scoreboard at the Vidor High School football stadium lies in the street after Hurricane Humberto rumbles through the area in High Island, TX, Thursday, September 13, 2007. (Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley)