If Harvey hits Texas as an actual hurricane, which is looking likely, it will have been the first time in 9 years that Texas was hit by a hurricane. And one of the few actual hurricane strikes on the continental U.S. since 2008. If it makes it to major hurricane status (category 3+), which is a possibility, it would be the first time since Wilma in October of 2005.
So, of course, we get this
https://twitter.com/randywalters/status/900718532790546432
and
Harvey looks bad. It also shows how the Gulf Coast, along with California, may be the place where the GOP finally cracks on climate change. https://t.co/oWwx6AnH5w
— David Wallace-Wells (@dwallacewells) August 24, 2017
https://twitter.com/andydhorowitz/status/900731132550971392
There’s plenty more on Twitter.
And from Big Joe
https://twitter.com/BigJoeBastardi/status/900557783652859904
More: As you would expect, Twitter has really gone downhill now that Harvey is expected to land as a Cat 3. The first in almost 12 years. And we’re getting stuff like
https://twitter.com/TeaTraitors/status/900820206674509824
https://twitter.com/FoundMyCarKeys/status/900745149759672321
Here's why Hurricane Harvey is so scary and unprecedented. https://t.co/nlcUv3383Z via @NewRepublic
— Climate Desk (@ClimateDesk) August 24, 2017
Unprecedented. Sigh.
The warmer water of the Gulf (due to climate change) could make Hurricane Harvey a potentially catastrophic storm. https://t.co/anL8hmEEYd
— Public Citizen Texas (@PublicCitizenTX) August 24, 2017
What caused the Gulf to be so warm back during the Great Galveston hurricane of 1900?
