#Galveston

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Galveston: In 1900, Galveston, population 36,000, was obliterated, making it the site of the worst natural disaster in US history, a sad record it retains to this day. 6,000 to

Galveston is trending for some unknown reason, and there's some trash talk from folks (from other parts of the country where ocean waters are deep blue) tweeting they were horrified

For anyone a little stir-crazy, bored, depressed.I watched #Galveston last night, & even tho its a dark, Moody violent film. It reminded me that #ElleFanning has the most beautiful, infectious

100 years ago in June, Galveston, TX had an outbreak of bubonic plague.The "third pandemic" of plague started in Yunnan China in mid to late 1800's, and spread around the

#Juneteenth marks the day enslaved African Americans in Galveston Bay, Texas, were notified of their freedom. It's celebrated as the end of U.S. chattel slavery and our nation's second

Today is June 19th, or Juneteenth. This day is important because it marks the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the US. On June 19, 1865,

Max Niederhofer

So much to unpack here. We know that the virus is not engineered. But the possibility that it escaped from a lab is very real. Now we learn that US

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#OTD in 1865, enslaved African Americans were notified of their freedom by Union troops in Galveston Bay, TX—two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued.Known as #Juneteenth , this day

New NHC Advisory has: * A Hurricane Watch from Port Bolivar, TX-west of Morgan City, LA (incl Galveston Bay)* A Storm Surge Watch from San Luis Pass, TX-Ocean Springs, MS*

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD

Beyond sadness: Today Texas passed 50,000 deaths from COVID-19. 50,000 moms & dads, brothers & sisters, our low-income neighborhoods especially. "Historic decimation" I said in Hispanic communities in South Texas,

From familial discussions tonight, it seems to me that many in my circles have come to view the “cone” as the area where a storm is “definitely going.” The constant

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Hurricane Laura has now reached Category 3. The NHC says "Storm surge could penetrate up to 30 miles inland." https://twitter.com/AP/status/1298651835063054338 View of Babe's Beach in Galveston, Texas, as Hurricane Laura

Okay, it's cocktail-thirty all day every day, so let's talk booze!A margarita is not margarita mix from a bottle and cheap tequila. A real margarita has four ingredients: Tequila, fresh

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My (Florida) Alice collection ! I have 68 Alice books here and nearly 100 more in Texas :•) These are the first ones I bought when I officially started collecting

My parents recently pointed out to me that some misinformation about them had been spreading online; it's since taken on a life of its own and morphed into petty internet

Does anyone know how many glass pyramids there are in the US? I know the Luxor, the bass pro shop, and apparently there’s a couple in Galveston. Any more? There’s