Hurricane Harvey
News and weather reports say this storm is unprecedented...different than Katrina and Ike and Rita. My take on that is that those devastating storms hit hard and fast whereas Harvey is hanging around, swirling slowly through SE Texas and into Louisiana, dumping millions of gallons of rainwater on the southeastern portion of Texas...most especially the Houston area. Those folks are in a world of hurt. So are those in Rockport, Port Aransas and Corpus Christi. So far, one fatality, as far as I'm aware. I haven't left my house since I got home from work at 9:30 p.m. Friday night (the 25th), in case you're reading this years into the future and Buda got washed away a week from now and you're wondering which Friday night. It hasn't stopped raining since it started around 3 - 4 a.m. Saturday (the 26th) morning. It's a steady rain, not torrential, with a steady wind that gusts fairly hard (25-40 mph) on occasion, driving the rain at an NE angle that permeates th...