Thanks for your response GL, but I have to take issue with it.

There's solid evidence that there were more extreme storms occurring not only before the industrial revolution and the widespread usage of fossil fuels, but even before man walked the planet-
http://events.nytimes.com/2002/10/25/science/25FLOO.html?mcubz=0
https://www.uvm.edu/cosmolab/people/noren/noren_ms_thesis.pdf

And more recent records of tropical storms and hurricanes >100 yrs show their levels fluctuating similarly before and after the industrial revolution-
https://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/historical-atlantic-hurricane-and-tropical-storm-records/

Finally, data shows that Hurricane Harvey developed in an environment in which atmospheric and ocean temperatures were near normal, and slightly above normal in the Gulf, and any climate change effect would have resulted in only an extra inch of rain-
http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2017/08/global-warming-and-hurricane-harvey.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter