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Hurricane Beryl Hits Campus, 2024

I was gone all of June for our annual trip to Washington state and got back to Houston just in time for Beryl. I’m happy to be home but in hindsight I probably should have stayed an extra week.

I made it over to campus yesterday and was impressed by the amount of storm damage. It’s some of the worst I’ve seen here, almost as bad as Ike. I took this picture from the Cohen House parking lot, near Entrance 2, thinking well, it could have been worse:

But when I started walking around I saw that in places it actually was worse:

These trees between the back door of Fondren and the Brochstein have always had a propensity to lean but this is something else again:

I don’t know if you can read the words on the tape but it says “Do Not Enter, Life Hazard.” I wouldn’t mind having a roll of that to carry around with me.

Bonus: Here’s a look at the trees near Entrance 2, circa 1918.

Extra Bonus: This summer’s golf was, as usual, erratic. But erratic in a very pretty spot.

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