Every Breaking Wave

It's not a hurricane any more, but Harvey's still doing a number down around Houston. A levee south of the city let go this morning; evacuation is underway where possible. There's a comparison to be made to Katrina, and I heard discussion along those lines this morning. The biggest difference seems to be duration. Katrina hit New Orleans and blew through in a matter of hours; Harvey's been noodling around for a few days now, and is moving very slowly. Rainfall is over four feet in some areas, and it's a whole region of poor drainage - bayous everywhere. This is catastrophic in every way.

Got out pretty early this morning to run a couple of errands, and caught a train at Hurstbourne and Six Mile. Approaching Hurstbourne, I was pretty sure I saw the headlight reflecting on the rails at the overpass, and sure enough, a couple of BNSF locomotives pulling a long stack train came barrelling down the line. Not a bad way to begin a day.