Woman who gave birth as hurricane approached names her baby Harvey

Washington

WITH more than a foot of rain falling outside and hurricane-force winds blowing on the hospital windows, Irma Rodriguez had all the problems that other residents of Corpus Christi, Texas, had on Friday night, plus two more: She hadn't chosen a name for her baby.

And it was growing clear he was not going to let something as trivial as a hurricane delay his grand entrance.

So after Ms Rodriguez delivered a healthy baby boy as the winds of the hurricane shrieked outside, a nurse suggested a name that seemed just right: Harvey. "It was exciting delivering my baby during the hurricane," Rodriguez said of the seven-pound (3.2kg) , 18-¼-inch-long (47.6cm) newest addition to her family, according to a statement released by Corpus Christi Me…