08/31/2026
Tropical Storm Warning is up from Port Bolivar to the Louisiana line. Here's the honest read, and what actually matters this week.
This is a rain event, not a wind event.
Potential Tropical Cyclone Five comes ashore Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday. The National Weather Service has a Flood Watch out for inland Harris County and Galveston Island, with a slight risk of flash flooding both days. Isolated tornadoes are possible if it holds together inland.
Widespread multi-day outages are not the forecast. Scattered ones are always possible once the ground saturates and limbs start coming down.
If you have a standby generator, three things worth doing today:
1. Run a manual test. The weekly exercise cycle tells you the engine turns over. It doesn't tell you the unit will carry your house.
2. Check the battery. It's the single most common reason a generator doesn't start when it's finally asked to.
3. Clear the space around it. Nothing stacked against the enclosure, nothing blocking airflow, nothing loose nearby that floats.
If you're running a portable instead, the one that actually kills people every season: never in a garage, never on a porch, never near a window or vent. Carbon monoxide has no smell and it does not need much of an opening. Twenty feet from the house, exhaust pointed away, and a working CO alarm inside.
We're staffed for service calls this week — any brand, whether or not we installed it. If yours won't start, call us: (281) 997-9110
Stay dry, and don't drive into water. Nothing in your house is worth that.