Hurricane Harvey One Year Ago

August 25, 2018 (Saturday)
(From Wikipedia):The eighth named storm, third hurricane, and first major hurricane of the extremely active 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, Harvey developed from a tropical wave to the east of the Lesser Antilles, reaching tropical storm status on August 17. The storm crossed through the Windward Islands on the following day, making landfall on the southern end of Barbados and a second landfall on Saint Vincent. Upon entering the Caribbean Sea, Harvey began to weaken due to moderate wind shear, and degenerated into a tropical wave north of Colombia, late on August 19. The remnants were monitored for regeneration as it continued west-northwestward across the Caribbean and the Yucatán Peninsula, before redeveloping over the Bay of Campeche on August 23. Harvey then began to rapidly intensify on August 24, regaining tropical storm status and becoming a hurricane later that day. While the storm moved generally northwest, Harvey’s intensification phase stalled slightly overnight from August 24-25; however, Harvey soon resumed strengthening and quickly became a major hurricane and attained Category 4 intensity later that day. The eye rolled across Rockport, becoming the most powerful and destructive storm in Rockport since Celia in 1970.
Here we are one year later. Many buildings were destroyed in the storm. Others were damaged beyond repair and were subsequently demolished (the old First Baptist Church buildings at 902 Main were all demolished).
Many businesses have rebuilt and/or reopened, but a large number have never recovered. Damage is readily seen all over the cities of Rockport and Fulton, and our surrounding county.