Houston, we have a podcast. Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space

Center. I'm Gary Jordan. Well as you probably know, Southeast Texas was

just slammed with the furious winds and torrential

downpour of Hurricane Harvey. A lot of Houstonians were affected by the

storm and the 40-plus inches of rain that came with it. Some had to evacuate, some

held their ground, others needed to be rescued on boats and helicopters,

and others sadly lost their lives.

It was truly a devastating storm, definitely the most intense weather I've ever endured.

But if there's one good thing that came out of this

disaster, it's learning that Houston is full of some incredible people and spaceship Earth

is not such a bad place to live. Local first responders and Coast Guard were helping those in need and even Texas

civilians grab their trucks and boats to aid in these efforts. At NASA's Johnson

Space Center, flight controllers braved the weather and camped out in Mission Control

24-7 to make sure the crew members aboard

the International Space Station were safe and well. Right now the Johnson Space

Center is closed and will reopen after Labor Day on September 5th 2017.

We'll post the next full episode of Houston we have a Labor Day on September 5th, 2017.

We'll post the next full episode of Houston

We Have a podcast once the Center is back up and running.

And later we'll share some of the science

and comprehensive data behind Hurricane Harvey

in an episode with NASA experts. Already we're looking into soil moisture data

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