schmellba99 said:

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BQ_90 said:

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DrEvazanPhD said:

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Guess that explains the joyous shade of Galveston brown

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not really it's because of the Trinity and Brazos rivers or the sediments that flow out of those rivers on constant basis.

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It's because of the Mississippi more than anything. Trinity dumps into Trinity and Galveston bay and the Brazos silt is carried south along the coast.

You can thank the Army Corps of Engineers for f'ng up our beaches more than nature would because they channelize the Miss. river and spend billions keeping it from changing course into the Atchaflaya basin like it wants to.

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TheEternalPessimist said:

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I love being a native Texan and am proud to be one.....

....but Texas beaches are nothing compared to the beaches from Gulf Shores, AL all the way to Mexico Beach, FL. Floribama Coast is paradise!

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schmellba99 said:

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BQ_90 said:

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B-1 83 said:

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BQ_90 said:

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They don't mention that wildlife can also be a source of fecal coliform in the water

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The Corpus beaches mentioned were bay beaches that reflect all the crap that flows from yards and streets, along with lots of hogs in the area. I would suspect the gulf beaches are considerably better.

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but further up the coast, like Galveston you're getting outflows from Trinity/Brazos

I was at some Carter's Creek meetings here in Bryan, one thing they realized is bunch of monitors would go off or had high fecal coliform readings at the stations on hwy 6 because of all the birds that nest under the bypass bridge that goes over Carters creek. Also from all the houses along the creek in Bryan

it's a gotcha headline without any real data or explanation, just trying to scare people

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Not really. Currents in the gulf take water from east to west along the coast.

The San Bernard mouth continually closes because of silt from the Brazos. Galveston gets almost zero effect from the Brazos and very minimal from the Trinity because of how far away the mouth is in the bay system and the fact that the marshlands in the upper east bay system do what they are designed to do - which is filter out most sediments.

Again - it's the Mississippi that has more effect on easter Texas beaches than all Texas rivers combined.

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Bird Poo said:

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TheEternalPessimist said:

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I love being a native Texan and am proud to be one.....

....but Texas beaches are nothing compared to the beaches from Gulf Shores, AL all the way to Mexico Beach, FL. Floribama Coast is paradise!

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Our beaches will never be that clean due to the multiple river systems dumping into the SE Texas Coast.

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Ol_Ag_02 said:

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TheEternalPessimist said:

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I love being a native Texan and am proud to be one.....

....but Texas beaches are nothing compared to the beaches from Gulf Shores, AL all the way to Mexico Beach, FL. Floribama Coast is paradise!

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You misspelled the Caribbean.

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Doinked Field Goal said:

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https://www.dallasnews.com/news/environment/2023/07/10/most-texas-beaches-pose-safety-risks-due-to-high-fecal-bacteria-levels-report-says

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JohnLA762 said:

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Me to all the LOLPoors going to the Texas coast for vacay:

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