Hurricane Harvey aerials. Residential home sit right next to flooded out oil refinery storage tanks in Port Arthur more than a week after Hurricane Harvey hit the area. The human impacts of Hurricane Harvey have been staggering, and the greatest concern is for the people struggling in its aftermath. This disaster makes clear once again that coastal Texas and the wider Gulf region are on the frontlines of sea level rise and extreme weather heightened by climate change, as well as the toxic impacts from fossil fuel infrastructure.