Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170830:10:54:00
Now. if we look back at the temperatures in the gulf of mexico back in the winter when i wrote that story, the water temperature in the gulf of mexico never fell below 73 degrees. texas and luouisiana had their warmest winters on record. new orleans also had its warmest february on record. so there was just abnormal warmth in the gulf coast states back in the winter. the warm water persisted in the gulf of mexico leading up to hurricane harvey. you need that fuel. you need that warm water in the gulf of mexico to power these storms, and we saw that explosive intensification of harvey as it app...