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Port Aransas & Harvey
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 8:07 am
by joseph motto
Over the past 15 years I have generally stopped for a day or two in Port Aransas to photo from the boardwalk. I do understand that there are a myriad of more important issues related to Hurricane Harvey than this one but does anyone know if the boardwalk there survived the storm?
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 11:15 am
by photoman4343
Joseph, I do not know. Google "harvey port aransas boardwalk status" look at the pictures and see if you can find it.
My guess is that it got damaged, how much I do not know. You could post the same question under Texas Forum and see if anybody responds there.
Joe
Re: Port Aransas & Harvey
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2017 12:25 pm
by Bruce Sherman
I live in Rockport and my wife and I evacuated the day before Harvey hit. We went back for a few hours earlier this week. Our house received only minor damage but our yard/trees are a mess. We drove around Rockport a little. What a mess. Huge numbers of trees are down. Properties next to the Intracoastal Waterway were badly damaged. Rockport had "only" 125 mph winds. Port A had winds over 130.
I bet Port A is worse.
We plan to go home permanently later this week when all utilities are restored. I will go over to Port A as soon as conditions allow and report back here.
Re: Port Aransas & Harvey
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 10:05 am
by Bruce Sherman
A friend found this. If you know where to look you can see the PA Birding Center. Looks like it was badly damaged.
https://storms.ngs.noaa.gov/storms/harvey/index.html
Re: Port Aransas & Harvey
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 4:14 pm
by joseph motto
Thanks Bruce. Sorry to hear about your travails and for what happened to your community.
As I view the satellite images it appears that the distal half of the boardwalk has disappeared. Also I see that quite a few folks did not or could not get their RVs out of the two RV parks in town and paid the price for it. Very sad.