What Hurricane Harvey Taught Us (and Didn’t Teach Us)
Six years ago, the mother of all storms arrived and brought home a lesson too many of us have refused to learn: our penchant for bravely adapting to circumstances has its limits.
Six years ago, the mother of all storms arrived and brought home a lesson too many of us have refused to learn: our penchant for bravely adapting to circumstances has its limits.
The meteorologist’s no-nonsense website Space City Weather has established a cult following in flood-prone, hurricane-battered Houston.
Terence O'Rourke has spent a decade warning officials that a storm making landfall directly in Galveston Bay could be much worse than even Harvey.
If Gordon makes landfall, run.
States and cities that do not create adequate "adaptation and mitigation strategies" may face tarnished credit ratings, Moody's warns.
We guess this is good news.
. . . but can it last? That’s what Galveston officials are wondering as they put the finishing touches on a nearly $6 million renourishment project—just in time for hurricane season.
Hurricane Andrew’s winds had a message for the Texas coast.
On September 8, 1900, a devastating hurricane blasted Galveston, changing life on the Island forever.
What’s behind this year’s rampant display of wild flowers? The birds and the bees, of course.
South Texas went into a frenzy preparing for Hurricane Allen, then the guest of honor never showed up.
Hurricane Allen proved that everyone talks about the weather but nobody knows much about it—least of all the National Weather Service.