Trying to keep more than 63 miles of beach clean is a monumental task and we do the best with the resources available. Where is the best birding? Twas a fun day till a jelly fish got me. LOL Well , btw South Padre is a resort town on a barrier island … Majka drove from Port Isabel, Texas to his job at a local pizza restaurant only to realize that there was no power. A look at the storm as it rolled through the island early Monday.
AEP Texas is reporting more than 4,000 customers on the Island are without power after an early morning storm downed more than 30 utility poles. ROUGH ROADS: Houston road repairs are underfunded, behind schedule and getting worse. RELATED: Beaches on Padre Island National Seashore closed to driving. Pending such designation by the park Superintendent, the use of these devices is prohibited. The use of a weapon within the Seashore is prohibited unless the time and location of its use is specifically designated. A few were still able to get a cold beer at the Coral Reef, a well-known watering hole off Padre Boulevard, where Ferrell stood outside smoking a cigarette, eyeing the repair work.
Sig Christenson covers the military for the San Antonio Express-News and been with the paper since 1997. The Zika virus is a viral disease transmitted to people by infected mosquitoes (Aedes species, a non-native species introduced by humans). If caught in one, do not panic. In the meantime, those wanting to get breakfast or shop for souvenirs or swimsuits had to drive across the Laguna Madre on the Queen Isabella Memorial Causeway to Port Isabel.
To a large degree we rely on public participation in placing wastes in the proper containers and in periodic beach clean-ups. Please be courteous to other visitors and clean up after your pet. South Padre Surf Co. is the State Adopt-a-Beach sponsor for Isla Blanca Beach Park and the South Padre Island jetties. Depending on current beach conditions, two-wheel drive vehicles may safely drive down on the first five miles of South Beach. Can I operate my drone in the park?
The National Weather Service reporting a wind shear or blast striking a 2½-mile stretch of the island, and the maximum winds were “estimated to be somewhere between 80 to 110 miles per hour, which is why these wooden poles snapped,” McNulty said. These are Portuguese Man-O-War. "They'll either get washed away or buried by the sand," he said, adding the jellyfish are the perfect snack for sea turtles. For more information on birds and birding go to theNature and Science section of the park's main website. Launching, landing, or operating aircraft-based, remote-controlled equipment within Padre Island National Seashore is prohibited. Can I set off fireworks in the park? The predominant southeast wind drives the currents in the Gulf of Mexico to our location in the Northwest corner. However, the normal offshore wind is strong enough to keep most flying insects off the beaches. A Houston native, he covered the Branch Davidian siege, the 1994 Pensacola abortion clinic shooting, the 2003 space shuttle breakup over Texas, the 2009 Fort Hood shooting and its subsequent legal proceedings, as well as hurricanes, tropical storms and floods since 1986, among them Rita and Katrina and Maria.