And happily the storm has brought out the best in people. Setting aside all political squabbles, but of course there are always a few bad apples who have sought to exploit the situation with fraud and price gouging. Ill talk both sides with the Texas Attorney general. And after tens of billion dollars in damage and at least 50 deaths, will Hurricane Harvey cause houston to turn away from its fair zoning or perhaps be a turning point in the National Debate over Climate Change. And the president visited texas again today. How best does a commanderinchief play a consoler in chief. Ill ask president george w. Bushs head of advance who dealt with Hurricane Katrina. But first, arguably the best movie of summer, director Christopher Nolans dunkirk foreshadows the events of last week in texas, a situation that would have been far worse were it not for the human spirit. In may of 1940, it was the english citizenry who rallied to the rescue of more than 300,000 troops who were trapped on a beach
in may of 1940, it was the english citizenry who rallied to the rescue of more than 300,000 troops who were trapped on a beach in northern france in the early days of world war ii. those soldiers could almost see home but the shallow waters prevented rescued of warships but instead it was 700 civilian crafts, the little ships of dunkirk that made their way from england to assist in the rescue and so it was in texas this week. in houston, on wednesday, civil yap volunteers captained bass boats and jet skis and dingies that ferried hundreds of residents to safety. a man named jeremy sparkman told reuters, quote, i usually just use this boat for drinking beer. but we come together when we need to, that is what texans do. indeed, after the harris county department of homeland security