REZA AHWAZI came to work Thursday morning, but the manager of Ponchartrain Partners LLC
arrived to see things at his office flipped over.
Literally.
The portable trailer that housed Ahwazi and his staff at the Texas City Dike was knocked over
after winds that reached up to 90 miles per hour hit the Galveston County area on Wednesday
night. The storm caused numerous power outages throughout Texas City that carried well into
Thursday afternoon.
“Believe me, it was a shock,” said Ahwazi. “Not only was the office flipped over, but we also
ended up losing our generator. I knew it was bad (on Wednesday night) yet I never imagined it
was this rough.”
Fortunately, no one was in the trailer at the time. While Thursday’s work was put on hold,
Ponchartrain Partners, who are currently working on repairing the levees at the dike, had a new
trailer in place on Friday and were scheduled to resume normal business on Monday.
“It’s a small delay, but we’ll get back it,” said Ahwazi.
The winds also knocked a yacht off its moorings and sent it on an unexpected cruise that
ended up less than a mile away from where the Ponachartrain Partners building was knocked
over. The Morning Star ran aground and eventually stopped about 5-7 short of land.
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