Why is Galveston's Water Brown?

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  • Опубликовано: 20 янв 2025

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  • @galvestonunscripted
    @galvestonunscripted  8 месяцев назад +795

    Raise your hand if Charles sent you here 🤚

  • @TJusnow
    @TJusnow 8 месяцев назад +205

    Galveston’s water turns blue every now and then and it’s absolutely beautiful when it does.

    • @memeseller1706
      @memeseller1706 7 месяцев назад +15

      Was shocked when I saw this for the first time ever I was 21 when it had happened for the first time and I could see my feet in the deep end it was insane I couldn’t believe it

    • @diodelvino3048
      @diodelvino3048 7 месяцев назад +14

      im tryin to move to Texas for work , and everyone kept hyping up Galveston , it looks so fun but damn for a beach town, the waters are disappointing. I never knew how spoiled i was having Florida beaches all my life.

    • @fatcat5817
      @fatcat5817 7 месяцев назад +2

      It's funny when, I prefer the lake-look of the ocean. 😂 Crystal clear feels too...clear or like an infinite pool. My paranoia, spikes being able to see all around myself.

    • @flacogus
      @flacogus 7 месяцев назад

      @@diodelvino3048 "everyone kept hyping up Galveston" They were yanking your chain. Ain't nobody seriously hyping up Galveston.

    • @safeandeffectivelol
      @safeandeffectivelol 7 месяцев назад +5

      @@diodelvino3048 The waters are brown. There are lots of refineries and shipping in the area. Don't move there for the beaches.

  • @3-dreticle826
    @3-dreticle826 10 месяцев назад +87

    I went to Panama City Florida last year for the first time and I was blown away how the water was so blue and the sand was white and soft. Just sucks we can’t have that kind of thing in Galveston 😢

    • @soulfoodforthought9225
      @soulfoodforthought9225 6 месяцев назад +4

      We have brown water in Amityville NY too. It smells awful.

    • @3-dreticle826
      @3-dreticle826 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@soulfoodforthought9225 sucks man. Like ain’t nothing like that clear blue ocean wanted and white sand 😭

    • @3-dreticle826
      @3-dreticle826 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@Threedog1963 I rather be in Florida.

    • @el_cypress8708
      @el_cypress8708 5 месяцев назад

      We wouldn’t have this beautiful islands if that was the case.

    • @KB-ke3fi
      @KB-ke3fi 5 месяцев назад +2

      Go to South Padre...same Texas beach...no krap from up north floating down here.

  • @jon7523
    @jon7523 8 месяцев назад +720

    Anyone here after Charles Barkley comments on TNT 😅

    • @WhoDatBreezo
      @WhoDatBreezo 8 месяцев назад +25

      😂😂😂😂nah that’s crazy , i thought i was the only one

    • @kitcarson8488
      @kitcarson8488 8 месяцев назад +8

      Yes

    • @marqmadison9053
      @marqmadison9053 8 месяцев назад +9

      LMFAOOOO YES BRO!!! 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @KamoteCueBBB
      @KamoteCueBBB 8 месяцев назад +5

      Here 😂

    • @gorepinas
      @gorepinas 8 месяцев назад

      🤣 dirty ass water

  • @RodlessReel
    @RodlessReel 8 месяцев назад +149

    You also forgot to mention "Environment Texas found 90% of Texas beaches tested positive for unsafe levels of fecal bacteria on one or more occasions." Not to also mention all the illegal dumping, oil run off, manufacturing runoff and just pure carelessness for the environment in our country and most of the world. I used to swim in this water but now I don't even go to Galveston, it's really sad.

    • @fatcat5817
      @fatcat5817 7 месяцев назад

      For the majority of the fecal problems, it's dogs faults. Ihatedogs yt channel exposes how toxic these mutants are. Their pee ends grass, which is obviously abnormal.

    • @sambrannan7550
      @sambrannan7550 6 месяцев назад +9

      Nah, fake news. LOL

    • @danielwatson7319
      @danielwatson7319 6 месяцев назад +1

      glossing over the industrial waste and fecal matter is the easiest way to make it look like the water is brown from a different reason. It is brown because of poop end of story.

    • @Barabus-yx2cn
      @Barabus-yx2cn 6 месяцев назад +13

      Galveston is disgusting. Not just because the gulf there is a sewer.

    • @weekendnomad5038
      @weekendnomad5038 6 месяцев назад +14

      I read that the cruise ships are dumping their sewage a few miles out from where people swim 🤢🤮

  • @Jstrelts
    @Jstrelts 8 месяцев назад +214

    The Pelicans are apparently fishing here

  • @samtaylor6185
    @samtaylor6185 8 месяцев назад +35

    I am an Agronomist, and one thing that is being pushed heavily in farmed areas of the midwest is no-till farming along with wetland restoration and other ways of limiting sediment from running off. There could be a case study made to talk about how if those practices are more widely adopted along the midwest and Texas/Louisiana, maybe water clarity would increase.
    I also wonder how much the fish and other wildlife would be effected by a change in water quality. Some species thrive in muddy water while others need it clear.

    • @Ergo8152
      @Ergo8152 7 месяцев назад +1

      Sediment natural run off. Try farm phosphate

  • @jswishdaman
    @jswishdaman 8 месяцев назад +133

    Looks like Charles Barkley brought a lot of people here. Folk searched “Galveston brown water” and came upon this particular video. This video should have over 100,000 views within the next few days.

  • @ted_shelton
    @ted_shelton 8 месяцев назад +35

    I’m from Galveston born and raised. Love my city.

    • @galvestonunscripted
      @galvestonunscripted  8 месяцев назад +6

      409

    • @ted_shelton
      @ted_shelton 8 месяцев назад +5

      @@galvestonunscripted you my friend just gained a subscriber.

    • @Lam-he6mj
      @Lam-he6mj 7 месяцев назад

      BOI.

    • @timothyleebrown1593
      @timothyleebrown1593 7 месяцев назад

      Brother thank you for your comment I am considering retiring in Galveston and I wasn't sure I would be comfortable (if you understand what I mean, Brother)

    • @UHLSU1982
      @UHLSU1982 7 месяцев назад +1

      It's the same exact color as San Francisco Bay, especially around Alcatraz.

  • @thomasmatthews8055
    @thomasmatthews8055 Год назад +10

    I would think most native Texans from our area know all of this. This is a great, informative video for those not hep. We enjoy our brown water but on those clear water days it is spectacular. Big love for our tiny island!

  • @collectionagent6846
    @collectionagent6846 8 месяцев назад +242

    Charles Barkley educating the world forreal 🤣

    • @donttalkpish2012
      @donttalkpish2012 8 месяцев назад +2

      😂😂

    • @dixie3087
      @dixie3087 8 месяцев назад +6

      Speak for yourself …. Yall are the reason so many people think the earth is flat. Cause some celebrity told them smh

    • @muziseanbymuzitv
      @muziseanbymuzitv 7 месяцев назад

      Yea not this amazingly detailed educational video... no no it's Charles Barkley educating us😂😂

    • @TheDavidRJ
      @TheDavidRJ 7 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@muziseanbymuzitv What did he said??

  • @Docru911
    @Docru911 8 месяцев назад +32

    Wonderful, educational video. And yes. Charles sent me.

  • @jaredbossette5638
    @jaredbossette5638 7 месяцев назад +11

    I’m from south east Texas, Galveston is all we got and I love it damn it! lol

  • @parasiteyv2
    @parasiteyv2 Год назад +12

    "Looking like a chocolate milkshake in a washing machine" is an AMAZING description of what it looks like most of the times I've been.
    Thank you for the info! I always blamed it on the oil spill that happened when I was a kid, but I must've just visited on calm days as a child and on turbulent days almost every time afterward.

    • @galvestonunscripted
      @galvestonunscripted  Год назад +2

      Yes! I thought that was a great analogy! Yeah, not so much pollution that makes our water that color! Although, that’s always a consideration everywhere these days.

  • @regalcompendium
    @regalcompendium 8 месяцев назад +334

    Charles Barkley educated me on two things about Texas: 1) Big Old Women and 2) Brown water beaches 😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤

    • @cmoore9354
      @cmoore9354 8 месяцев назад +22

      The fact that u let Charles Barkley inform u of anything speaks to the quality of your life

    • @regalcompendium
      @regalcompendium 8 месяцев назад +37

      @@cmoore9354 And the fact that you take this comment so seriously speaks volumes how fun you are as a person. I hope you have a good day.

    • @MikeBarbarossa
      @MikeBarbarossa 8 месяцев назад +3

      Go down to Corpus Christi the water is a lot better much like California water

    • @aland9984
      @aland9984 8 месяцев назад +11

      ​@MikeBarbarossa 😂😂😂corpus Christi is trash😂😂😂

    • @jaycasman1754
      @jaycasman1754 8 месяцев назад +8

      @@MikeBarbarossayou must work for their tourism Department 😂 lies

  • @aaronschindewolf6659
    @aaronschindewolf6659 Год назад +26

    Great video! I wish everyone in Texas could see this video . . . maybe it would change some minds of those who think Galveston's water (and therefore beaches) are dirty.

    • @galvestonunscripted
      @galvestonunscripted  Год назад +5

      Yeah! Maybe enough people will share! Already a few thousand views across all platforms that I post on, so maybe we can reach enough Houstonians to change the outlook!

    • @eelfood
      @eelfood Год назад +1

      Fat chance.

    • @davidlane1248
      @davidlane1248 11 месяцев назад +4

      Let them think. We don’t need them here if they can’t appreciate what this place has to offer

    • @frankiethefrog1752
      @frankiethefrog1752 8 месяцев назад +6

      @@davidlane1248there are sites that track bacteria on Texas beach waters. Galveston is not always dirty but due to its proximity to Houston it’s definitely worse than other places such as Port Aransas.

    • @KWCline91
      @KWCline91 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@galvestonunscriptedI'm a Houstonian, but you didn't need to convince me Galveston beach is better than people say. In fact, you just only explained why it is.

  • @GizmoTheSloth
    @GizmoTheSloth 8 месяцев назад +13

    Growing up in deep east Texas, we would take family vacations to Galveston and the water was ALWAYS brown. I've never seen it anything but that, it's crazy how different the color is there compared to the beaches in Florida or something

    • @PKOK81
      @PKOK81 7 месяцев назад +2

      Yeah Galveston got jipped as far as the beach water color

    • @michaelmartinez3674
      @michaelmartinez3674 6 месяцев назад +1

      We vacationed in Galveston last year in the Memorial Day weekend, and the water had a clear, bluish tint to it.
      It was also the first time I've seen it that since the early 70's.

    • @Silvercontained
      @Silvercontained Месяц назад

      South Padre island is pretty blue.

  • @T-Rip510
    @T-Rip510 8 месяцев назад +45

    Never knew about till Barkley mentioned this lol

  • @chrystianforeman7647
    @chrystianforeman7647 8 месяцев назад +34

    Chuck is gonna make this man a viral sensation 😂😂

  • @larrytischler570
    @larrytischler570 7 месяцев назад +4

    I'm 83 years old and can tell you that what is written abouts the currents on the Texas Coast is an oversimplification based on sand minerals that no longer get the the same distribution as they once did because all the rivers in Texas are dammed and drop sand and silt before they reach the gulf. The muddy water, on the other hand is caused by clay particles that fall out mostly in deeper sea water. And the direction of the current is seasonal depending upon the wind direction.
    The Brazos River ran muddy red most of the time from 2016 to 2021. It is again on a rise and is curren carrying 40+ k cubic feet of water per second. It carries muddy water north for most of the spring and summer.
    We get most of our muddy water in winter all along the Coast from north winds, presumably from the Missippi. And when the Rio Grande floods we get muddy water from it as far north as Galveston.

  • @duane5099
    @duane5099 Год назад +3

    great info, visited the Island for first time this spring, can't wait to go back to see more

  • @jamaalbrown3555
    @jamaalbrown3555 8 месяцев назад +84

    About to get 100000 more views because of Chuck and the New Orleans Pelicans. 😂😂😂

  • @carriedaniels5931
    @carriedaniels5931 7 месяцев назад +4

    I use to work on 10th and Seawall, some days..looking like Aruba, most days..Mississippi River I Love You Galveston!!

  • @alejandrodelavega1063
    @alejandrodelavega1063 7 месяцев назад +6

    Good video. I find myself explain this concept often. *But*, we shoudln't ignore that the Mississippi is heavily poluted by agriculture, and Texas beaches often test positive for E. Coli. And occasional you find oil on the beach.

    • @TonyWilliams27
      @TonyWilliams27 7 месяцев назад +2

      We can thank the massive pollution of chemical plants by The Port of Houston and Ship Channel towards Galveston’s beach water quality!

    • @divinecomedian2
      @divinecomedian2 6 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@TonyWilliams27be sure to also thank them for all the goods you consume that were made or shipped through there

  • @platonique
    @platonique 8 месяцев назад +8

    Its sad that schools dont teach this. I learned it in 6th gradem we had a whole 6 weeks of studying rivers, lakes, and oceans.

  • @murphyville
    @murphyville 6 месяцев назад +1

    This is freaking cool! I never knew! Glad this popped up on my feed!

  • @HarrisonJBounel
    @HarrisonJBounel 8 месяцев назад +4

    One major reason is the port of Houston is constantly dredged 24/7. All that mud dredged is dumped and directly affects Galveston's beaches.

  • @randytrevino99
    @randytrevino99 6 месяцев назад +2

    I grew up in South Texas and frequently visited South Padre Island. I had never been to Galveston until my wife took me to visit her family on a vacation there. I was shocked at how brown and muddy the water was. The problem with SPI is distance; it’s just too far for most Texans who could just as easily go to Florida. The Galveston area is convenient.
    I’m at SPI in my heart.

  • @montessist
    @montessist 8 месяцев назад +24

    “Whatchu say Chuck “😂

  • @hanazawarui-jb9ic
    @hanazawarui-jb9ic 8 месяцев назад +11

    well, thanks charles. this beach is trending now from all of the world

  • @elmerj112
    @elmerj112 8 месяцев назад +7

    IF it were just the sediment from 29 different states that would be okay…nothing that we can do about that.
    However, I can’t help but think of all of the chemicals in the runoffs from all of these states that are also with these sediments. Chemicals would include fertilizers and pesticides from runoff (to name just two) that ended up in the rivers contributing to the Mississippi River sediments.
    In addition to the fertilizers and pesticides that I mention I can only imagine other contaminants that would be in with the sediments, such as sewage, as an example.

  • @Italianamuneca
    @Italianamuneca 6 месяцев назад +1

    My friend from Chicago told me she went to Galveston for a day with her sister-in-law that lives in Texas and said she didn't want to go into the water because it looked dirty! But I've seen the Mississippi River when I was in Memphis, TN and it looked the same, brown. I'm planning on going to Galveston next April!

  • @ritawilbur6128
    @ritawilbur6128 8 месяцев назад +2

    Thanks for this! I had long thought that the Mississippi river must play a part in it, but I had not been aware of the currents.

  • @lemonhead162
    @lemonhead162 5 месяцев назад

    I grew up along that coast. When that's all you have, you love it! I remember many days spent jumping into those waves with absolute delight! I moved away from the coast many years ago, and I still long for it. I watch thr Galveston & Bayou Vista cams constantly, because I'm homesick. We took a toad trip down to Galveston last summer and I remember rolling the window down smelling that salt water! I loved it!!

  • @FJohn-vx3hn
    @FJohn-vx3hn 8 месяцев назад +48

    Had to see what Chuck was talking bout.

  • @shootisttx15
    @shootisttx15 2 месяца назад

    Excellent explanation. I knew most of this but your vid brought back the facts.

  • @jeromesurffoil7033
    @jeromesurffoil7033 6 месяцев назад

    Great factual information and very nice graphics! I love those semi-rare clear water days!

  • @robertleslie2467
    @robertleslie2467 6 месяцев назад +2

    Born and raised Texan. Spent many a time on South Padre. Loved it. But it is dirty. Loads of trash. Little oil globules from natural gulf leakage. Man o wars. Can’t count how many times I was stung. Still I love Texas. Been to Hawaii twice. Water so blue, clear, and warm that when you feel it for the first time it’s a spiritual experience. True story.

  • @keithsanders9235
    @keithsanders9235 8 месяцев назад +4

    Very informative, thank you. Charles Barkley's comments made me curious.

  • @josehuerta3964
    @josehuerta3964 7 месяцев назад

    You did it!! excellent video! and graphics. easy to understand and now i know when to travel to galveston.. clean blue waters here we come!!

  • @ladylioness9808
    @ladylioness9808 8 месяцев назад +1

    Great informative video. I was born in Galveston. We were always told the rivers flow to the ocean and the sand and sediment make the water look murky. We like Surfside Beach over any of Galveston beaches though.

  • @dhadbaoui
    @dhadbaoui Год назад +8

    Get east of the Mississippi River or go south to Padre.

    • @galvestonunscripted
      @galvestonunscripted  Год назад +3

      This is a video about Galveston, Texas. Which is west of the Mississippi and North of Padre, an hour south of Houston. Thanks for the advice though!

    • @jesssalinas3242
      @jesssalinas3242 8 месяцев назад

      Same color south parde

  • @made6711
    @made6711 8 месяцев назад +31

    Yup… I’m a Texan and looked for this breakdown because of Chuck…😂

  • @weekendnomad5038
    @weekendnomad5038 6 месяцев назад +1

    It was really pretty after a big storm once . Like a clearish blue gray color

  • @JohnnySteverson
    @JohnnySteverson Год назад +2

    Another great video!

  • @jaslifeunscripted
    @jaslifeunscripted 8 месяцев назад +10

    Thank Charles Barkley for sending me here. 😄 Very informative video!

  • @Boulder_Bill
    @Boulder_Bill 8 месяцев назад +1

    This was very informative and entertaining. I really enjoyed watching.

  • @theblackmexcainn4050
    @theblackmexcainn4050 8 месяцев назад +49

    Hahahaha Charles Barkley sent me here

  • @freestyleskyline
    @freestyleskyline 8 месяцев назад +1

    I appreciate this video. I still dont like brown water due to my own experiences, but now im glad i understand so much better. Thanks!

  • @thetacoman92
    @thetacoman92 8 месяцев назад +1

    This was a really high quality. Good stuff

  • @rkmatt8761
    @rkmatt8761 4 месяца назад

    I’m not sure why RUclips has been unsubscribing me from various channels including yours. But I’m back subscribed again

  • @Kefoo_
    @Kefoo_ 8 месяцев назад +1

    -- *_Thank you, Galveston Unscripted!_*

  • @Captain-Awesome
    @Captain-Awesome 8 месяцев назад +3

    I live in the Dallas area and sure wish we had those amazing white sandy beaches and blue water in Galveston. This video certainly puts a great spin on it though.

    • @jongoin4404
      @jongoin4404 8 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah, but it the Galveston beaches looked like Florida beaches you would pay triple for rentals and there would be 10 times the amount of beach goers that there currently is. I don’t mind the brown water. My wife and I go to Galveston for the first week of June every year. We got married on the beach in Galveston on June 9th in 2014 and we do our yearly anniversary trip there every year.

    • @jongoin4404
      @jongoin4404 8 месяцев назад

      By the way, I forgot to mention that we live in Hurst. We live a stones throw southeast from Precinct Line and Hwy. 26

    • @Captain-Awesome
      @Captain-Awesome 7 месяцев назад

      @@jongoin4404 we are close to each other, we live in Mansfield, I build homes up that way in Southlake, Westlake.

  • @Viewtoagrill
    @Viewtoagrill 5 месяцев назад

    Great video!

  • @PossumWaffen
    @PossumWaffen 8 месяцев назад +9

    Have explained this to many friends around the country many times, but people are always going to like that clear "blue" water more than the brown water lol.

    • @JD-hu9sg
      @JD-hu9sg 6 месяцев назад

      Yes we like clear blue water over brown toilet water and gritty dirt beaches, shocking isn’t it!

    • @PossumWaffen
      @PossumWaffen 6 месяцев назад

      @@JD-hu9sg Yes, you like saying stupid shit, we know that now.

    • @divinecomedian2
      @divinecomedian2 6 месяцев назад +1

      Which I understand. I'd rather have clear water too. But you gotta set aside desire for the perfect and enjoy the good that you have in your own backyard.

  • @robbydelplain8950
    @robbydelplain8950 7 месяцев назад

    Awesome video. I lived in Houston for a summer and I loved going to Galveston!

  • @khammers
    @khammers 8 месяцев назад +6

    Native Texans here! Been going to Galveston my entire life. I’ve been trying to tell people this forever lol

  • @eron0613
    @eron0613 Год назад

    Thank you! This was something I always wondered about. This video should be a requirement for all GISD students in elementary school.

  • @deeprollingriver52
    @deeprollingriver52 7 месяцев назад

    Go west across the Intercoastal canal and you reach Quintana beach. The getties keeps the brown water from moving over. During calm winds, the water is beautiful.

  • @markanthony1004
    @markanthony1004 8 месяцев назад +3

    Texas beaches get dumped on a lot and I used to defend them but I remembered growing up in South Mississippi and been to Cali and Florida and the east coast and yeah Texas beaches could use some makeovers

  • @bmcbg
    @bmcbg 6 месяцев назад

    Great Vid, we go to Galveston Beach every week, never knew this.

  • @onetwo6039
    @onetwo6039 8 месяцев назад +3

    Went on vacation to Florida last summer and always wondered why the water was different from my Texas.
    I guess this explains why the water looks even dirtier on the Mississippi coast. That water looked horrible.
    I bet if water was blue along rhe Texas Coast property would skyrocket.

  • @THEKINGISHIM
    @THEKINGISHIM 8 месяцев назад +22

    After hearing Chuck sending Pelicans here 😅

  • @DanielWatson-vv7cd
    @DanielWatson-vv7cd 8 месяцев назад +21

    Silty water is good for the shrimp and oyster industries.

  • @KB-ke3fi
    @KB-ke3fi 5 месяцев назад

    My dad used to work for the Daily News there in the 1950's. He was a sports writer.

  • @regalcompendium
    @regalcompendium 8 месяцев назад +33

    Charles Barkley is the world’s best influencer. Made me search for this video right away. 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @TreyJustice
    @TreyJustice 8 месяцев назад +1

    interesting info. I am from DFw. never been to Galveston but I go to Cancun a few times a year

    • @jacksidney3907
      @jacksidney3907 8 месяцев назад +2

      No way would I spend my money in a country that has done so much harm to mine, not to mention your personal safety. Mexico is no friend to the US, they have been misbehaving neighbors for the past 250 years. It’s been over a 100 years since the US has had to remind Mexico they need to behave, we are well overdue for another.

    • @kiddadd
      @kiddadd 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@jacksidney3907 so true.

  • @joegibson4946
    @joegibson4946 6 месяцев назад

    You sort of missed the impact of the Sabine and Neches rivers. While the impact from the Sabine was greatly reduced when they built the Toledo Bend reservoir, both still dump sediment into the gulf through Sabine Pass.

  • @emilyt6391
    @emilyt6391 8 месяцев назад +2

    Galveston is my first beach!!!!!!!

  • @marqmadison9053
    @marqmadison9053 8 месяцев назад +17

    Pelicans about to be chilling here. 💪🏿😮‍💨😂🤣

  • @ThomasButryn
    @ThomasButryn 7 месяцев назад

    Great show! Thank you

  • @jfcjr4584
    @jfcjr4584 6 месяцев назад

    Polluted as all hell by all the refinery activity manufacturing, too. Great vid explaining the geology of it all though.

  • @WesJenkins518
    @WesJenkins518 8 месяцев назад +15

    Sir Charles giving us education on live TV

  • @carlhall2563
    @carlhall2563 6 месяцев назад +1

    Good work, BOI

  • @HappyHermitt
    @HappyHermitt 7 месяцев назад +1

    Its that way all the way to beyond Biloxi, Ms.

  • @Boomer_Sooner
    @Boomer_Sooner 8 месяцев назад +2

    I don't care what Charles said...I for one, LOVE Galveston and its beaches.

    • @RebeccaJarisch
      @RebeccaJarisch 7 месяцев назад

      And ALL the history of Galveston!

  • @paulcooper1046
    @paulcooper1046 8 месяцев назад

    Thanks, mate. When I started working offshore out of Galveston in 2002, I noticed the water became clear and blue X nautical miles offshore. I often wondered why this was the case. Cheers.

  • @JoelGalvan-w6y
    @JoelGalvan-w6y 7 месяцев назад

    Mississippi River, current brings it to bolivar and Galveston. Red tide and oil spills from platforms, add to situation. As a kid Galveston beaches were almost, 2 miles wide. As far about blue water, Bermuda, looks. Like an ocean of windex. Island has white, pink and light blue sand.

  • @user-gx2mg9yf6r
    @user-gx2mg9yf6r 11 месяцев назад +2

    This happens at the mouth of major rivers like the Mississippi, the Amazon in South America, the Congo in Africa, & the Ganges in south Asia

  • @creydadj
    @creydadj 8 месяцев назад +5

    I guarantee this will be an EJ Neat-o stat of the night segment

  • @Dynamoe1836
    @Dynamoe1836 8 месяцев назад +14

    Love Galveston, brown water or not

  • @Darkrealm7
    @Darkrealm7 7 месяцев назад

    Wonderful pacing, kept me engaged

  • @Gottagetdatboomboom
    @Gottagetdatboomboom 8 месяцев назад

    Is this the same for this mississippi gulf coast? I was always told growing up the water was brown because of the barrier islands just off shore.

  • @cyclonebuzz8172
    @cyclonebuzz8172 8 месяцев назад +1

    The brown water is the reason why the Gulf of Mexico has such great fishing. Also, a good amount of Galveston and Galveston Bay are man made. A lot of work was done to improve shipping and for costal defense.

  • @AlexGervacio33
    @AlexGervacio33 6 месяцев назад

    Very interesting! 👏🏽

  • @RealSerie26
    @RealSerie26 8 месяцев назад +3

    I didn't even search for it but the algorithm recommended this video because of Chuck. 😂

  • @MycahRyce
    @MycahRyce 8 месяцев назад

    …few additional points.
    There has been some major changes to dredging the past few years with regards to where they can discharge the dredging.
    Almost immediately we are seeing clearer water more consistently.
    If you’ve ever dropped anchor in the ship channel, which is dug to 40’ deep, you pull up a very fine grayish, sulfur smelling clay. They used to just pump that stuff right over the other side of the jetties. They quit doing it, now our water quality is improving.

  • @MrSymbolic7
    @MrSymbolic7 7 месяцев назад

    Having been born 30 miles South of Galveston , 65 years ago , I already knew this , but watched it anyway and this is why I vacation in Destin Fl. , so I can actually enjoy the Gulf of Mexico , we had a 50/50 chance on the Mississippi River and lost , oh well !

  • @LeroyBrown
    @LeroyBrown 7 месяцев назад

    Newspaper ad on youtube. So many photos in this moving picture.

  • @jayemveeaydee
    @jayemveeaydee 8 месяцев назад +12

    Damn, never mind. It looked nice from the road. Chuck was right.

  • @carolync2846
    @carolync2846 Год назад +1

    Pretty interesting 😊

  • @aonforme3349
    @aonforme3349 6 месяцев назад

    I was shocked it took 6 minutes to tell the story. Good stuff...

  • @lonesoul8640
    @lonesoul8640 8 месяцев назад +10

    Ive always called Galveston a never ending lake...thanks Chuck for reminding me lol

  • @sblankin
    @sblankin 8 месяцев назад +4

    I lived in the Houston area for 30 years and visited Galveston 7 times. How he can put a positive spin on a disgusting muddy shore and swamp.

    • @beckbri
      @beckbri 7 месяцев назад

      Good never come here again

  • @cherylwaclawczyk9098
    @cherylwaclawczyk9098 7 месяцев назад

    Go to the Texas coast after a late summer/ early fall cool front. The water might be amazingly clear.

  • @frankrobinson5453
    @frankrobinson5453 6 месяцев назад +1

    OK, I'll buy that explanation when you explain the reports of fecal matter in the waters off Galveston. Don't mind the sediment, but the fecal matter is a hard pass.

  • @Marvin-P
    @Marvin-P 5 месяцев назад

    Good info.

  • @sjcflawless
    @sjcflawless 6 месяцев назад +1

    So, all of these years, I thought it was because of the Rio Grande. Didn’t know it was because the Mississippi River.

  • @GrandmaBirdy
    @GrandmaBirdy Год назад +3

    Great information: great video🫶🤠

  • @CoachCrawford09
    @CoachCrawford09 7 месяцев назад +2

    Maybe they should plant more grass in the Mississippi River and let it be a filter.