1、Excerpt from Supply Chain Resilience and the 2017 Hurricane Season|1 Harvey Turns on(and Then Turns Off)the Tap As Tropical Storm Harvey crossed the Gulf of Campeche on August 22,2017,weather forecasters began sounding the alarm that it may turn into a hurricane again.Few could foresee the intensity
2、 of its winds or the magnitude of rainfall it would bring to southeast Texas.By nearly any measure,the amount of moisture that Harvey dropped on south Texas was historic.Rainfall totals over five days exceeded 60 inches in several places,and the storm dropped 27 trillion gallons of water across sout
3、heast Texas and Louisiana.With so much water everywhere,it was particularly ironic that watersafe,treated,and fit for human consumptionbecame a precious commodity.Texas more typically experiences droughts that challenge its water providers ability to provide sufficient supply.In this case,the huge a
4、mount of moisture dropped on Texas caused even greater issues for a large number of water providers who experienced difficulties reliably delivering water to their customers.Water became a significant factor in the management of Harvey,but also one that the emergency management community had limited
