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       #Post#: 2419--------------------------------------------------
       Picked the wrong weekend to go to Galveston...
       By: AJ Date: June 1, 2018, 6:56 pm
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       ....Due to Alberto, the current changes in the Gulf have
       diverted the usual flood of nutrient rich, brown spillage from
       the Mississippi river that drifts down to Galveston, giving it
       the muddy appearance close to shore. For the last few days the
       coast down here has been a glorious, beautifully clear and green
       marvel of water. I had a service call in Galveston today and
       went down to the beach at lunch and it was just an amazing
       sight.
       I mean, we're all used to the coast down there having a
       somewhat muddy look, and that will return soon....But I wish the
       water could have looked like that last weekend when we were all
       down there.  usually you have to get past Aransas pass to see
       the Gulf that clear and beautiful close to shore.
       Most people don't realize how beautiful the Gulf is. But you go
       offshore a few miles and it's a spectacularly blue and clear
       body of water. The times I've been offshore fishing, and I mean
       20 miles or more offshore, I've spent as much time marveling at
       the water as I have actually trying to catch fish.
       #Post#: 2421--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Picked the wrong weekend to go to Galveston...
       By: indigo_dave Date: June 2, 2018, 8:07 am
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       I spent a couple of weeks in Galveston way back in Sept 1976.
       My biggest memory is that they had the old classic corner bar in
       the old part of the city.  Something that I also saw in south
       St. Louis about 20 years later.  I'd never seen those in
       Florida.   I also remember the Galveston had a photo exhibit of
       the massive hurricane that hit the city around 1905.
       #Post#: 2423--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Picked the wrong weekend to go to Galveston...
       By: AJ Date: June 3, 2018, 12:16 pm
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       [quote author=indigo_dave link=topic=246.msg2421#msg2421
       date=1527944823]
       I spent a couple of weeks in Galveston way back in Sept 1976.
       My biggest memory is that they had the old classic corner bar in
       the old part of the city.  Something that I also saw in south
       St. Louis about 20 years later.  I'd never seen those in
       Florida.   I also remember the Galveston had a photo exhibit of
       the massive hurricane that hit the city around 1905.
       [/quote]
       The 1900 storm is still the deadliest natural disaster in the
       US. 6000-8000 killed. After that, the Seawall was built and the
       island was essentially raised 10 ft behind it.
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