Perry,
I'm sorry. I never said the article was wrong. I even said it
was near High Island. I was just trying to elaborate a little more on exactly where it hit since I went through that hurricane. What you said was perfectly fine, I was just taking the opportunity to give a little
more information, not dispute what you had already said. I got the distance from Yahoo Maps. Their exact distance was 72 miles but when I made my post I didn't remember the exact distance so I just said 70-75. That seemed a little off to me but it was late and I was exhausted and it didn't even occur to me that that was the
driving distance!! 
I'm certain you're figure is more accurate.
I did not know the coordinates of exactly where the eye made landfall. Everything I've read and everybody has always said it made landfall at either Sabine Pass or sometimes Pt. Arthur (or just upper Texas coast) and when you look at the track, that's what it looks like. And since I live in Beaumont, very close to both Pt. Arthur and Sabine Pass, and the eye went right over my house (I lived 10 miles west of Beaumont then) and really not very close to High Island, I was just trying to share a little information too. I'm very sorry if you thought I was stepping on your toes...I certainly wasn't trying to!! I was in no way implying that what you said was inaccurate...I was just expanding a little...taking an opportunity to say something about the ONE hurricane I've actually been through.
Here's a pic of Bonnie making landfall.
Hurricane Bonnie - 1986
This visible satellite photo of Hurricane Bonnie was taken six hours after the storm made landfall on the upper Texas coast in the vicinity of Port Arthur. June 26, 1986
A little more interesting info just for beans.
June 26th, 1986: Bonnie made landfall along the upper coast on the 26th. Jefferson County airport gusted to 75 m.p.h. while Sabine Pass reported gusts to 97 m.p.h. at the Coast Guard station near Sea Rim State Park. The high winds broke out many windows, and downed countless trees, signs, fences, and tree limbs. Fallen trees damaged several homes. High winds ripped the roofs off of numerous homes and businesses. Many schools in the area suffered roof and wind damage. The high winds tilted over tractor-trailer rigs and flipped over smaller vehicles. Several aircraft were damaged at local airports. Power was out in most of the area as many utility poles were downed or leaning so that electrical lines were not functional. In Beaumont, high winds blew over the radio tower at the Texas Dept. Of Public Safety building. Highway 87 was closed due to fallen power poles early on the 26th. Several aircraft were damaged at area airports. Winds in Sam Rayburn reservoir caused $1 million in damage to boats and marinas.
Approximately 1,300 people were forced from their home from flooding that was produced by the torrential rains that accompanied Bonnie. The rains were the heaviest from the Beaumont area northwest to Lake Livingston.
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