Aug. 18 marks 40 years since Hurricane Alicia's landfall

The category-3 storm killed 21 people, destroyed 2,000 apartments and homes and left thousands of people in the dark for weeks.

[@stoic61]

Thank you for posting this.

[@NunYaO]

My grandpa said, "God gives some people a bouquet of flowers in their yard for their birthday; but he must've thought your birthday was a big event...he gave you a hurricane!" It was my 11th birthday.

[@robertking1480]

I was in my 4th year of US NAVY WHEN IT HIT TEXAS FAMILY MAILED ME A NEWSPAPER ABOUT IT WAS IN JAPAN

[@tualatindave3797]

Given the recent Houston storm that shattered windows downtown, you must wonder what, if anything, was changed with the city's building codes. Just another example of "experts" being anything but. I was living in the Montrose area when Alicia's eye passed over.

[@judysetran9198]

I was pregnant with my oldest..and lived in La porte

[@edfattig2319]

I was here for Alicia people back then accepted it for what it was I don’t remember near as much whining and complaining about no power or water as they did for beryl

[@BarrierIsland]

Just like Beryl, an eerie coincidence...