some historians hold Defending something similar to what thomas jefferson proclaimed Statement : that france had `` been awakened Recovering by our [ american ] revolution . ''

although tide and wind damage Damaging was minimal , extreme rainfall totaling upwards of resulted in severe flooding Motion in many areas of the texas coastal plain ; 4,000 homes were inundated in jefferson , orange , and newton counties , many of them after a levee ruptured Destroying in port acres .