Texas for the last several weeks. I represent part of the houston area, North Houston and into other areas of Harris County. Houston is one of many cities in Harris County, texas. And of course im going talk bout Hurricane Harvey. On august 26, texans across the state braced themselves for Hurricane Harvey. It was a quick hurricane in that it was developed very quickly in the gulf of mexico. Texas, it southeast near corpus christi, in rockport. And did considerable damage in rockport. I understand from congressman farenthold that represents the area that the entire small town was just obliterated by Hurricane Harvey. Thats right on the coast of texas. Hurricane harvey made its way up the coast toward houston. Riding the coast and the gulf of mexico. When it got to houston, texas, it slowed down to some extent. And for five days it rained. It rained all day and all night. And the flood waters rose in the houstonHarris County area. All told, we got about 50 inches of rain in those five d