Hurricane Harvey

    Hurricane Harvey just made landfall near Rockport, Texas.  It strengthened from a category 2 this morning to a category 4 in the evening.  Harvey is dynamically unique.  It's one of the slowest moving hurricanes I've seen- it was moving at 7 miles an hour when it made landfall and is forecasted to get even slower.  Most alarming is that it is expected to double back tomorrow and circle around to its current position 3 days from now.  It's expected to still be a hurricane at that point.  The region will have to suffer over 3 days of hurricane force conditions- pretty incredible.
    This happened because two strong high-pressure ridges developed on the east coast and in the north, jamming Harvey's path and causing it to sputter.  Record rainfall is expected due to the slow pace of the hurricane.  Some places will get over 40 inches of rain over the next few days- a number that surpasses Seattle's average for a whole year!  I fear the damage will be far worse than Matthew last year.  It may be the worst hurricane to hit U.S. soil since Katrina in 2005.