Hi Lysis,

Bret was a major hurricane in 1999 that formed in the Bay of Campeche, rapidly intensified to Cat 4 and headed due north, scaring the bejeezus out of us here in Houston....

Then, it made a quick turn to the left -- scaring the bejeezus out of Corpus Christi -- and made landfall on the South Texas coast near Kingsville as a Cat 3. Fortunately, this area of Texas isn't highly populated (literally more cows than people), and there are few structures along the coast, thus drastically reducing the extent of wind damage one might expect from a Cat 3 if, for example, it had hit Corpus Christi or Brownsville.

I believe nearly all of the damage came from inland flooding, tornadoes, beach erosion, etc., and not so much from sustained hurricane-force winds.

Hope this helps!