 Power from townhall.com. I'm Mitch Thomason. After bulking up as it roared across the Gulf of Mexico, hurricane barrels slammed into the central Texas Gulf Coast this morning. That Cat 1 storm making landfall near Matagorda, about 80 miles southwest of Houston. Ahead of the storm's landing, Harris County Judge Lena Hidalgo warned KTRK-TV of widespread disruption.