Harvey repairs go on at U-Texas institute in Port Aransas

PORT ARANSAS, Texas (AP) — The iconic Tarpon statue cast a watchful eye over the Marine Science Institute on a recent Tuesday, standing guard just as it did in August 2017 when Hurricane Harvey steamrolled the 72-acre Port Aransas campus.

The Houston Chronicle reports looking at that statue, seemingly untouched by time or weather, it might be easy to think the University of Texas at Austin institute fared well during Harvey.

But a sign taped to the door of the building behind it reads: "Sorry. Temporarily closed."

The closure, however, has been anything but.