Houston is a "1-in-1,000 year event"

That's how CNN meteorologist Tom Sater described the hell Harvey has unleashed on Houston. Catch up quick:

FEMA says recovery will take "years."
Tragedy of epic proportions: "Rain may last days with some areas seeing as much as 50 inches ... Storm disrupts flights, ports, railways and oil refineries." (Bloomberg)
"Harvey [is] the most powerful hurricane to hit Texas in more than 50 years." (Reuters)

"Nearly a quarter of Texas' population lives in areas covered by a federal disaster declaration ... Gov. Greg Abbott says 18 counties are now covered by the disaster declaration approved by President Donald Trump. There are nearly 7 million people in those counties, including the nation's fourth-largest city of Houston. Texas has a population of 27.8 million."
"[H]undreds of people ... [w]eary and carrying little more than what was in their pockets ... arrived ... by boat, by bus, and by foot [at] Houston's showcase convention center downtown, transformed by volunteers with few hours' notice into a shelter." (AP)
"[V]olunteers served food, handed out towels and set up tables with donated clothes for a long line of evacuees. Some people huddled around a projection screen showing television coverage of the storm. Others collected bowls of pasta with parmesan cheese and cups of black coffee." (AP)
Houstonian goes fishing inside his house. (Video)
Houston Chronicle banner: "SWAMPED BY HARVEY." (Read the digital paper free.)

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