{"id":8125,"date":"2017-10-09T12:30:42","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T17:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brahmanjournal.com\/?p=8125"},"modified":"2018-05-22T09:49:07","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T14:49:07","slug":"the-aftermath-of-hurricane-harvey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brahmanjournal.com\/cattle\/the-aftermath-of-hurricane-harvey","title":{"rendered":"The Aftermath of Hurricane Harvey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8130 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/brahmanjournal.com\/cattle\/wp-content\/uploads\/tbj-harvey3-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"cattle-walking-water-photo-top\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brahmanjournal.com\/cattle\/wp-content\/uploads\/tbj-harvey3-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brahmanjournal.com\/cattle\/wp-content\/uploads\/tbj-harvey3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/brahmanjournal.com\/cattle\/wp-content\/uploads\/tbj-harvey3-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/brahmanjournal.com\/cattle\/wp-content\/uploads\/tbj-harvey3-218x150.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Record-breaking hurricane Harvey was nothing short of catastrophic for many citizens across Texas and Louisiana.<br \/>\n<em>The Category 4 hurricane<\/em> made landfall on the evening of August 25 near Rockport, a small town about 30 miles up the Texas coast from Corpus Christi. At that time, the maximum sustained winds of Harvey\u2019s eyewall reached 130 mph. The wind gusts and storm surge lead to widespread destruction of homes and buildings in the area.<br \/>\nHarvey was the nation\u2019s first major (Category 3 or stronger) hurricane to make landfall since Hurricane Wilma hit South Florida in October 2005, concluding an almost 12-year break.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, after landfall, Harvey\u2019s center of circulation stalled over South Texas on August 26 and then meandered slowly east into the Gulf of Mexico before making a final landfall again near Cameron, Louisiana on August 30.<\/p>\n<p>The storms extremely slow movement from August 26-30 resulted in days of catastrophic flooding for southeast Texas and Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous flash flood emergencies were issued for the Houston and Beaumont, Texas, metropolitan areas, and for Bastrop County and nearby communities.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8129 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/brahmanjournal.com\/cattle\/wp-content\/uploads\/tbj-harvey2-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"map-precipitation-area-texas\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brahmanjournal.com\/cattle\/wp-content\/uploads\/tbj-harvey2-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brahmanjournal.com\/cattle\/wp-content\/uploads\/tbj-harvey2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/brahmanjournal.com\/cattle\/wp-content\/uploads\/tbj-harvey2-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/brahmanjournal.com\/cattle\/wp-content\/uploads\/tbj-harvey2-218x150.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The areal coverage of locations picking up at least 20 inches of rain was greater than the state of West Virginia, while the 40-inch-plus zone was larger than Delaware (see map to right).<br \/>\n<em><strong>Harvey remained a named storm for 117 hours after landfall<\/strong><\/em>. <em>According to Colorado State University\u2019s tropical scientist Dr. Phil Klotzbach<\/em>, that is the longest a Texas-landfalling hurricane has 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<\/div>\r\n\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                \n<h3>Harvey Hits Brahman Country<\/h3>\n<p>Some of the world\u2019s top Brahman breeders were in the path of hurricane Harvey\u2019s slow march through Texas.<br \/>\nMany of these breeders are located south of Houston in small communities such as Hungerford, Wharton and Rosharon. For the most part, these places received less rain overall than the Houston metropolitan area, but the large amount of water travelling downstream through the Colorado, Brazos and other rivers caused devastation as it overflowed from the banks.<\/p>\n<p>Ranches had a couple days to prepare for the rising waters, but nobody could predict the massive flooding that would occur as the crest made its way towards the Gulf of Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had plans a, b and c,\u201d John Coleman Locke of the J.D. Hudgins Locke Division said. \u201cWe made lots of preparations. We staged the cattle over a mile from the river, but we could see how bad it was going to be about 14 hours ahead of the crest. So, we moved them to a pasture two miles away from the river. That 80-acre pasture ended up three to five feet under water and the highway we planned to move them on, option c, had two feet of water flowing down it. We just had to leave it in God\u2019s hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At V8 Ranch, the story was much the same.<br \/>\n\u201cWe drove 300 cows one direction, six miles to a place we really thought was going to be a good place,\u201d Jim Williams said. \u201cThen we get over there, on this highest ground in Fort Bend county, and here comes an ocean of water\u2026 We were so discouraged we turned around and drove them back the other six miles. These men were in the saddle from daylight to dark and rain was pouring down. Lots of trouble, but we never quit. We even moved 50 head of pregnant recip cows across a bridge that was three-foot deep.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an interview on NPR, Dinah Weil of HK Cattle described the waters coming so quickly that they simply could not evacuate them all.<br \/>\n\u201cBut Brahmans are very intelligent, and they will usually seek the highest land,\u201d Weil said. \u201cThey will usually be okay as long as the waters don\u2019t come over their heads.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michael Goudeau of the J.D. Hudgins\u2019 Goudeau Division also praised the Brahman breed\u2019s hardy traits during this sort of disaster.<br \/>\n\u201cThey can survive,\u201d Goudeau said. \u201cThe humid, wet, mosquito-infested conditions \u2013 that\u2019s their stronghold. It won\u2019t affect them much. They have a big heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The crest peaked in the Colorado River near the Locke Division\u2019s herd around midnight to 2 a.m., and the next morning John Coleman went by plane to check on the herd.<br \/>\n\u201cIt was such a relief to see the cattle were there, and that there was some dry ground,\u201d Locke said. \u201cWe had about 500 to 600 head splintered into six to seven groups. All of them swam or were washed out of the pasture they were put in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was a race against time to make sure all the cattle had provisions to make it through the flooding. Ranchers banded together to work cattle any way they could, utilizing planes, boats, helicopters and horses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had six helicopters working one day, and we had five airboats come in from Louisiana,\u201d Goudeau said. \u201cWe pushed cattle through. We had cattle sitting in belly deep water, and they can\u2019t sit there for more than two to three days. So, we were just cutting fences, pushing them to the highest ground we could get them to, and then, we were taking hay to them on airboats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some Brahman breeder\u2019s homes flooded, including the Forgason, Berry and Joyce families, who live along Peach Creek, which connects to the Colorado River.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe past week we\u2019ve seen a lot of devastation here in the county and all along Southeast Texas,\u201d Brandon Cutrer of V8 Ranch said. \u201cBut the thing that sticks out most in my mind, above all the devastation and tragedy we\u2019ve seen, is the love and friendship of our fellow man, people of all walks of life\u2026 random strangers would come up and help you, and the hope that gives to each of us is so uplifting\u2026 Such a wonderful outpouring of love.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>How can I help?<\/h3>\n<p>Following the storm, the J.D. Hudgins Ranch setup a GoFundMe web page to help area ranchers. According to the site, \u201c100% of funds received will be distributed to ranchers in Wharton and surrounding counties who have suffered losses during the flooding aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.\u201d<br \/>\nThose looking to donate can visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/jd-hudginsrelief-for-area-ranchers.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.gofundme.com<\/a><br \/>\nThe American Brahman Breeders Association has also set up a <a href=\"http:\/\/brahman.org\/abba-disaster-relief-fund\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Disaster Relief Fund<\/strong><\/em><\/a> to help Texas and Louisiana breeders affected by Harvey. To learn more about it or to contribute, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/brahman.org\/abba-disaster-relief-fund\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.brahman.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/brahman.org\/abba-disaster-relief-fund\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8136\" src=\"https:\/\/brahmanjournal.com\/cattle\/wp-content\/uploads\/disaster-relief-fund.jpg\" alt=\"disaster-relief-fund\" width=\"500\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brahmanjournal.com\/cattle\/wp-content\/uploads\/disaster-relief-fund.jpg 800w, https:\/\/brahmanjournal.com\/cattle\/wp-content\/uploads\/disaster-relief-fund-600x314.jpg 600w, https:\/\/brahmanjournal.com\/cattle\/wp-content\/uploads\/disaster-relief-fund-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brahmanjournal.com\/cattle\/wp-content\/uploads\/disaster-relief-fund-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/brahmanjournal.com\/cattle\/wp-content\/uploads\/disaster-relief-fund-696x365.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Record-breaking hurricane Harvey was nothing short of catastrophic for many citizens across Texas and Louisiana. The Category 4 hurricane made landfall on the evening of August 25 near Rockport, a small town about 30 miles up the Texas coast from Corpus Christi. At that time, the maximum sustained winds of Harvey\u2019s eyewall reached 130 mph. 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