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Seadrift: 14.62" Port Aransas: 13.23" Corpus Christi: 13.06 Whitsett: 12.01" Woodsboro: 11.29" Beeville: 11.25" Victoria: 10.56" Additional Rainfall Reports Taking a quick look at the regional rainfall map (seen below), large swaths of heavy rainfall can be seen down in Deep South Texas as...
Whereas the northern high plains are one of the coldest areas in Texas, they receive the most snow in the state (Nielsen-Gammon et al., 2005). Like the climatic diversity, the state's physiography is also vastly contrasting in nature. For instance, the major land use in the east part ...
A tropical disturbance in the western Gulf of Mexico is poised to deliver more torrential rain and flash flooding to flood-weary parts of the South. Flood watches have already been posted for a swath of central and east Texas, including the metro areas ofHouston,San AntonioandAustin. Current ...
These changes in hydrology and hydrological extremes could have multifarious effects on the water, agriculture, infrastructure, and other natural and anthropogenic systems. Central Texas and the Great Plains region, in general, are already characterized by recurrent drought, flood, and increase in drough...
This property’s flood risk is not changing. Fire FactorModerate This property’s wildfire risk is increasing. Heat FactorExtreme 7 days above 111°F this year Wind FactorExtreme Extreme risk of severe winds over next 30 years Air FactorModerate Risk of poor air quality is not changing Provided...
Scarcely a dozen years before, the Texas General Land Office map had borne the notation “of this area, nothing is known.” A Texas Ranger who fought in the Nueces Strip described King’s first ranch: “The men who held the cow camp on the Santa Gertrudis were of no ordinary mold. ...
The city pulled itself through the down times - and put itself on the map - by visionary projects like the railroad, the Spring Palace, the Stockyards, Camp Bowie, the Bomber Plant, and Sundance Square. This book helps to put a modern face on Fort Worth, move it out of the shadow ...
While local legend tells of a possible speak-easy there (at least according to The Times Leader in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania), the historical society's archives show that the ruins in the area are from structures washed away in a 1955 flood, like the former Seven Pines Lodge, a powerhouse...
I’m thinking we’re going to need a bigger ark for the coming flood. * EXCERPT fromAurora Bearialis: From Act III: The City 12 The Mayor of the Penguins ruffed his neck and asked, “How come these strangers to our town?”