Hurricane Dolly (2008) were destroyed with hundreds more damaged, and the storm surge caused many boats to be brought onshore, some into homes. The Governor of Texas, Rick Perry, declared 14 counties in South Texas a disaster area. Insured property damage estimates are near $525 million (2008 USD) with total property damage estimates (based on a 2–1 ratio of total damage to insured damage) near $1.3 billion (2008 USD) in the state (with a large proportion of the losses being agricultural), and the Rio Grande cotton crop was expected to be a complete loss. After weakening to a tropical storm, Dolly spun off
Bertha Johnson Bertha Johnson Bertha Johnson (1846–1927) was the principal of the Association of Home Students, which would become St Anne's College, University of Oxford, and a campaigner for women's education. Her parents were Elizabeth and Dr. Robert Bentley Todd FRS and she was born in Charing Cross on 20 January 1846. Her father was an enthusiast for nursing and he was a Professor at King's College, London.She was educated at home with her brother and she excelled at music and the arts. She played the piano and her work was exhibited at the Royal Academy. She was one of the first