Corpus Christi looks good. Lots of billboards blown out. A scattering of privacy fences blown over. A few collapsed buildings or toppled awnings. But otherwise OK.
Ingleside is a different matter. It got slammed hard. Uprooted trees all over the place. Telephone poles leaning awkwardly against buildings. Roofs blown off houses. Power lines down everywhere.
But the most noticeable thing of all is the spirit of Texans coming together and dealing with the situation. No one complaining. No one whining about losing everything. No one asking when the government is going to do something. Instead, a society of people waking up to the day, seeing challenges, and tackling those challenges. People with chainsaws going from yard to yard trimming limbs and branches and piling them up by the street, drivers yielding the right of way at intersections missing their traffic lights and signs, and everyone giving way to power crews working the daylight hours through the holiday weekend to restore power to everyone.
And everywhere you see groups assembling on roadsides to give away free BBQ, food, supplies, clothes, or anything else people could need.
I am strongly considering moving here and taking a job at one of the local chemical plants. Texas Exceptionalism rocks!
