S4.EP19 - Robert Treto, Sr. - Living Through Hurricane Beulah in 1967

One of the Rio Grande Valley’s major moments of history happened in September 1967: the infamously catastrophic Hurricane Beulah. Robert Treto, Sr. was a teenager living in Harlingen, Texas - an area directly hit by the storm. Working in the Engineering department at a local hospital, he was tasked with helping keep the hospital running and keeping staff members safe. Hurricane Beulah devastated large parts of Mexico, the Eastern Caribbean, and South Texas. It still is one of the ...