On Wednesday, Aug. 23, hundreds of county officials gathered in Austin for a legislative conference. That same day, Gov. Greg Abbott pre-emptively declared a State of Disaster in 30 Texas counties “in anticipation of Tropical Depression Harvey making landfall in the Gulf Coast region.” Two days later, Harvey had morphed into a daunting hurricane, and Abbott “urged all Texans … [Read more...] about Hurricane Harvey: Heartbreak and Hope



