By now the damage from two deadly hurricanes has been assessed, and the states of Texas and Florida are cleaning up and rebuilding in the aftermath of the Harvey/Irma one-two punch.
The first storm to hit the US mainland, Harvey, made landfall the night of Friday, August 25th, as a Category 4 hurricane, when the eye of the storm came ashore near Corpus Christi, Texas. By 11:00 pm, sustained winds were reported at 102 mph, gusting to 132 mph.
Sunday evening, as much of the state of Texas was reeling from the force of the blow, the government of Mexico issued a press release taking the opportunity “…to express its full solidarity with the people and government of the United States for the damages caused by Hurricane Harvey in Texas, and to offer the US government all the help and cooperation that can be provided by the different Mexican government agencies to deal with the impacts of this natural disaster…