Remnants of Harvey

2017.08.31 Thursday: These clouds are remnants of the storm that began as Hurricane Harvey.

Last Friday the storm made landfall in Texas as a Category 4 hurricane; it later turned back into the Gulf of Mexico before making landfall again as a tropical depression.

By the time it reached my area (Alabama -- We are 350 miles from the coast!), we only got a few inches of rain and a bit of wind ...nothing like the devastation that Texas faced.

According to ABC News:
-- Hurricane Harvey dropped 20 trillion gallons of rain on the Houston area ...enough water to supply New York City's needs for over five decades.
-- Hurricane Harvey dropped 51.88 inches of rain on Cedar Bayou (on the outskirts of Houston) in just under five days, marking a new record for the heaviest rainfall for a storm in the continental U.S., according to the National Weather Service.
-- 93,942 homes were estimated to be damaged or destroyed by Harvey in Texas, according to the Texas Division of Emergency Management ...leaving over 32,000 people living in shelters across Texas, and 325,000 people in need of assistance.

Over the past few days several of my facebook friends have posted videos of long lines of cars (on the interstate) pulling boats -- on their way to Houston to help with the rescue efforts. It has been quite heartening to see people put aside politics and division, and simply focus on helping each other.

[Claude Trew]

You are very lucky that Hurricane Harvey didn't reach your home. All those poor people homeless in southern Texas. My thoughts go to them.

[Sue Cooper]

That's a very dramatic sky. There's been a lot of media coverage here of the devastation in Texas. My heart goes out to those poor people. I guess this sort of thing makes climate change very real.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

unbelievable, the weather is so much more powerful than puny humans! these clouds are captured so dramatically! I agree climate change is REAL - the effects of it here are huge already.

[Dinah Pinkston]

@claudiet @susiemc @koalagardens Thank you very much for your kind comments, and for your prayers for Texas. I have relatives that live in the Houston area; I am very glad that they are safe! Hurricanes are simply a part of life for people that live along the Gulf coast - and they always have been! When I lived in Florida, I was ready at any time to evacuate well ahead of any storms!