Thanks for the memories! I was 8 during the 1979 flood in Alvin! Holy crap I still remember evacuating on a raft... Then we had Alicia in 1983. Crazy memories.
They had record rainfall in Alvin and only send out 1 reporter to Galveston...contrast that to today where they have 5 reporters out for a thunderstorm.
Good God, Ed Brandon STILL on the air in 1979. We'll never forget about that little incident with his "gentleman caller" in 1990. Amazing, he was not fired, esp in those days.
Probably in 92 or early 93, I was at a convenience store on Shepherd at Bissonette one night probably around 11:30 or midnight, so after the 10pm newscast. Mr Brandon came in and was plastered and obviously driving. 😂 That said, he is the weatherman I remember as a kid and it was cool to see him in person.
I was 20 years old and rode out Claudette in Lake Jackson , Tx. and unfortunately this News clip does a horrible job of reporting what actually happened that Day as it set a single heaviest 24 rainfall total ever for the entirety of North America land mass !
I was in Lake Jackson and it received as much as Alvin and no reporting there either , this was the biggest rainfall event in U.S. History for a 24 hour time period and is basically unknown by anyone that didn't live through it , Hmmm ?
@@MrSymbolic7 Alvin officially had 42 inches in 24 hours as recorded at the NWS that was located in Alvin on Hwy. 6 at the time. That was the record for the U.S. until 2018 I believe. Some location in Hawaii broke the record. However, several local residents measured up to 45 inches out on the west side of town towards Rosharon. I was headed into the 10th grade and remember this event like it was yesterday. My family was displaced for weeks.
Thanks for the memories! I was 8 during the 1979 flood in Alvin! Holy crap I still remember evacuating on a raft... Then we had Alicia in 1983. Crazy memories.
Pre-"Nightline", "Bonanza" aired weeknights except Friday at 22:30.
Bay City, I was 7, thought it was the coolest thing to see everything in the house floating.
They had record rainfall in Alvin and only send out 1 reporter to Galveston...contrast that to today where they have 5 reporters out for a thunderstorm.
Was stranded at Boliver. Durring this storm Went surfing at crystal beach before it was hit
Surfing in Texas…yeah, right!
The accents are awesome. Sadly, you don’t hear it as much.
@10:47 Mrs Allie Mullins passed away in Mar of 1980 less than a year after this was filmed.
Good God, Ed Brandon STILL on the air in 1979. We'll never forget about that little incident with his "gentleman caller" in 1990. Amazing, he was not fired, esp in those days.
Probably in 92 or early 93, I was at a convenience store on Shepherd at Bissonette one night probably around 11:30 or midnight, so after the 10pm newscast. Mr Brandon came in and was plastered and obviously driving. 😂 That said, he is the weatherman I remember as a kid and it was cool to see him in person.
I have no memory of that
I was 20 years old and rode out Claudette in Lake Jackson , Tx. and unfortunately this News clip does a horrible job of reporting what actually happened that Day as it set a single heaviest 24 rainfall total ever for the entirety of North America land mass !
Those Texans and those accents. 😂 Houston was a hokey city back then.
I miss the hokiness.
I see a '76 or '77 Seville in the garage and a '77 Eldorado in the driveway @ 11:59! I bet you 100 to 1 those were his and hers Caddies in this clip!
The day I was born!
That’s Casey Kasem voicing the Continental Airlines commercial
....said NOTHING about the Alvin rainfall!
still pretty awesome though!
I was in Lake Jackson and it received as much as Alvin and no reporting there either , this was the biggest rainfall event in U.S. History for a 24 hour time period and is basically unknown by anyone that didn't live through it , Hmmm ?
@@MrSymbolic7 Alvin officially had 42 inches in 24 hours as recorded at the NWS that was located in Alvin on Hwy. 6 at the time. That was the record for the U.S. until 2018 I believe. Some location in Hawaii broke the record. However, several local residents measured up to 45 inches out on the west side of town towards Rosharon. I was headed into the 10th grade and remember this event like it was yesterday. My family was displaced for weeks.
Didn't know that we have a Sizzler restaurants in the Houston area this is right before my time cuz I was born years after this it was 1988 20:07
Yup there was one behind Almeda Mall. I think the building is still there
Lol everything was semple, love it
I was so confused...
Ok Vinny.
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