Harvey is probably the biggest storm in Texas History

The storm was the first Category 4 hurricane to hit the continental United States in over a decade, and the first to make landfall in Texas since 1961. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Harvey is "probably the biggest storm in [Texas] history."

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Hurricane Harvey settles in, "torrential rains" to continue for days -- live updates

The quote above really got me along with "82 rivers and streams will be at or above flood stage in Texas during the next week or so."

When you talk about the potential of what 40 plus inches of rain will do to almost any place that is sort of flat or slightly hilly like this area of Texas it takes everything to an entirely new level.

It reminds me a little of stories out of India of whole Buses washing into rivers with everyone lost during the last month or so. There the reason is monsoon rains and too many forests being cut down in the Himalayas. So, overpopulation causes the poorest of people to take leaves and limbs from trees higher and higher up in the Himalayas for warmth during winters and for cooking. Then after the trees all die from the poorest women taking leaves and branches the men cut the trees down because they are dead. This allows flooding to take whole hillsides denuded from this process on a yearly basis. It's about basic survival of the poor against the survival of everyone in this vicinity of the Himalayas.

So, what we are dealing with here in both cases I presently believe is Global Warming on steroids which only means billions in property damage and many deaths. Though deaths will be reduced here in the U.S. they are multiplied only in 3rd world nations that don't have the resources to save everyone or to prepare properly for these kinds of events.