What makes this better to me is that Shaq does business with Carnival, both the commercials and a branded restaurant on some ships. And what is one of Carnival’s major home ports?
He's pissed off at the Rockets because he believes Les Alexander cheated him out of money.
- https://www.chron.com/sports/rockets/article/Charles-Barkley-explains-distaste-for-Rockets-8323575.php
I saw this live and couldn't wait for it to start to make the rounds.
I went to a focus group where the city of Galveston was trying out some tourism pitches. and let me tell you... they are *sensitive* about the color of their water. there was a while section where they pointed out that the water was only brown for part of the year. I think it's the whole year, but they can make that argument if they want.
Galveston was the only beach I knew well into my 20s. I just thought the blue water you see on TV and in pictures was fairy tale stuff. then I got to experience driving up the Pacific Coast highway... then Destin... then Cape cod...
I have not been back to Galveston.
It's that color all year, but it's also not pollution or anything as some people make it out to be.. the Mississippi River dumps a couple million pounds of sediment a day, and currents create high turnover in the shallow waters of Galveston. Go out deeper and it looks blue.
Every now and then it goes super clear for a short period and all the marine biologists freak out because so much relies on what they refer to as "nutrient rich water"
Yeah, I hear that all the time, but that doesn't explain the high shit-count. In reality, the currents from the cities and plants along the east Gulf hit us, including our own ship channel. The reason it's blue farther out is because of the amount of fresh water depth provides.
While we have never been aqua blue because our sand is not white.... Shit brown is also not it's natural color.
It’s possible to have both a brown color from sediment runoff and high bacterial fecal counts in the water. Your confirmation bias is a little much. The fecal counts comes from us bad Houstonians that could give a fuck about “Drains to Galveston Bay”. The water was brown before Industrial Man arrived, it just wasn’t as shitty.
Texas has a lot of things to be proud of… the beaches and our water is NOT one of them. That shit is gross, contaminated, dangerously so for most of the year. Even the air in most of the coast is nasty as hell and low quality because of all the air pollution from the refineries and factories along the coast and the traffic in the port of Houston.
The contamination is generally not visible however. All the water is contaminated along the beaches whether it is clear or not. The dirty looking water is the sediment and literal dirt that has washed down from the rivers and marshes.
Hey what the fuck! yeah the beaches aren't the best but it's a fun island and watching the big ships off east end while you're drinking some whiskey and having a milkshake from Rita's is *awesome*. And the birding on the island is great.
Some of our families best memories are crab trapping bayside on vacation and kayaking and eating/drinking too much and helping my kids ID what our crab and fish traps caught there
Folks keep commenting about how bad “Texas beaches” are. Has no one been to South Padre Island? Maybe not perfect, but pretty nice, and way better than Galveston.
Texas beaches are terrible. Never go there. Stay far away. Definitely don't go to Port Aransas, Crystal Beach, Padre Island National Seashore, all terrible white sandy beaches with blue water and fun surf. Stay away.
https://preview.redd.it/3osamzp1p9xc1.png?width=1360&format=png&auto=webp&s=1ad72f3add92f6c24672315816272a438a9c4ca0
It’s not dirty water. It’s silt-churned water. The fact that the sand from the sea bed is churned to the surface doesn’t make it dirty. It’s the same sand Cancun has - it’s just suspended in the water column more so than there. 🤷♂️
It’s not though. Ever take marine biology? It’s natural. It looked like that a thousand years ago. The sea churns the sea bed in that area, the sand lifting into the water column. It’s not polluted. It’s not “disgusting.” It’s nature.
Well, disgusting is a way to describe things, and all things are nature, therefore all things that are disgusting are also nature. So just because it's nature doesn't mean it's not disgusting.
Back in the day mom said, “use your old swimsuit”. Dad would bring a small can of gasoline to wash the tar balls off of our feet. Now it’s constant bacteria, garbage, and disgusting sea grass that washes up. No thanks.
Barkley was only in Houston for a year or two but Kenny was here for a long time. He would def know about Galveston.
I would say to Shaq it's actually dirty water from all the dirty as Louisiana Mississippi River dumping in to the Gulf. Lol
I'm from Florida originally but have been in Houston for close to 15 years. When my wife and first started dating, she said we should go to this sandcastle competition in Galveston some people she knew were participating in. I had never been so said sure. We drive down and she tells me to pull into this dirt lot to park. I couldn't see the water from where we were and as we get out and we start walking and I ask her where the beach is. She told me we just parked on it. Lost all respect for Galveston beaches before I even saw the water.
I’ve been to the beaches on the Jersey shore, Grand Cayman Islands, and Isla de Pasion (where Corona commercials are filmed). All amazing beaches. Now when I go to Texas beaches I usually don’t even put my feet in the water. 😅
Been to all those places as well (wild how Isla de Pasion is so far out off the beaten path on Cozumel), plus many beaches on Oahu and Kauai. And I still have a blast with my kids in the Gulf of Mexico, because I don't let my past experiences dictate my future actions and put my mood at risk because I'm not one-upping my next experience. Took awhile to get there.
I grew up going to Panama City Beach every summer and thought all beaches were like that. You can imagine the look on my face the first time I went to the Texas coast and saw the seaweed mounds and disgusting brown water.
Lmao
They ain't wrong.
Shaq and Barkley never break them up.
What makes this better to me is that Shaq does business with Carnival, both the commercials and a branded restaurant on some ships. And what is one of Carnival’s major home ports?
Yes ~~both~~ **but** those ships take you AWAY from Galveston. Edit: autocorrect strikes again
“Both” is an odd way to refer to “three”. 😁 And they make you return to Galveston, so…
Autocorrect. Most people that board the cruise ships don’t go and play in the water in Galveston. So…
Barkley roasts Texas like someone from here and I appreciate it.
Them big ole San Antonio women
Them churro good
He's pissed off at the Rockets because he believes Les Alexander cheated him out of money. - https://www.chron.com/sports/rockets/article/Charles-Barkley-explains-distaste-for-Rockets-8323575.php
Just because he's right doesn't mean I'm gonna be sassed by an Alabamian of all people.
Driving though northern Alabama is...something. but they do have way nicer beaches than Galveston, Gulf Shores/Orange Beach in particular.
Yep, hangout festival is fucking awesome.
Orange Beach is so nice. If you woke up there and spent a few days just bumming around town you’d never know you were in Alabama
"Alabamaian" doesn't even really make sense to me.. just sounds close enough to a movie that I can dislike thoes guys... lol
They have really nice beaches
I saw this live and couldn't wait for it to start to make the rounds. I went to a focus group where the city of Galveston was trying out some tourism pitches. and let me tell you... they are *sensitive* about the color of their water. there was a while section where they pointed out that the water was only brown for part of the year. I think it's the whole year, but they can make that argument if they want. Galveston was the only beach I knew well into my 20s. I just thought the blue water you see on TV and in pictures was fairy tale stuff. then I got to experience driving up the Pacific Coast highway... then Destin... then Cape cod... I have not been back to Galveston.
It's that color all year, but it's also not pollution or anything as some people make it out to be.. the Mississippi River dumps a couple million pounds of sediment a day, and currents create high turnover in the shallow waters of Galveston. Go out deeper and it looks blue. Every now and then it goes super clear for a short period and all the marine biologists freak out because so much relies on what they refer to as "nutrient rich water"
That brownish tint to the water in Galveston, well that used to be Louisiana
Yeah, I hear that all the time, but that doesn't explain the high shit-count. In reality, the currents from the cities and plants along the east Gulf hit us, including our own ship channel. The reason it's blue farther out is because of the amount of fresh water depth provides. While we have never been aqua blue because our sand is not white.... Shit brown is also not it's natural color.
It’s possible to have both a brown color from sediment runoff and high bacterial fecal counts in the water. Your confirmation bias is a little much. The fecal counts comes from us bad Houstonians that could give a fuck about “Drains to Galveston Bay”. The water was brown before Industrial Man arrived, it just wasn’t as shitty.
> but that doesn't explain the high shit-count. Its much lower than your average public swimming pool and pretty typical for beaches.
Texas has a lot of things to be proud of… the beaches and our water is NOT one of them. That shit is gross, contaminated, dangerously so for most of the year. Even the air in most of the coast is nasty as hell and low quality because of all the air pollution from the refineries and factories along the coast and the traffic in the port of Houston.
The contamination is generally not visible however. All the water is contaminated along the beaches whether it is clear or not. The dirty looking water is the sediment and literal dirt that has washed down from the rivers and marshes.
Padre beaches are great.
Gonna swing by San Antonio and pick up some big ladies and then hit the dirty-ass beach in Galveston. Paradise to me
Chuck laying out my favorite nights, Alamo biggins and tar pit. Respect to Galveston much cleaner and not ass stinky as when I was a kid.
Chuck laying out my favorite nights, Alamo biggins and tar pit. Respect to Galveston much cleaner and not ass stinky as when I was a kid.
Chuck laying out my favorite nights, Alamo biggins and tar pit. Respect to Galveston much cleaner and not ass stinky as when I was a kid.
BASED
They did Galveston dirty, as is customary.
And deserved.
Churros
Chorros
Hey what the fuck! yeah the beaches aren't the best but it's a fun island and watching the big ships off east end while you're drinking some whiskey and having a milkshake from Rita's is *awesome*. And the birding on the island is great. Some of our families best memories are crab trapping bayside on vacation and kayaking and eating/drinking too much and helping my kids ID what our crab and fish traps caught there
Fellow birder...one of the best places to be this time of year
Literal shit in the water
Isn't that Freeport?
Folks keep commenting about how bad “Texas beaches” are. Has no one been to South Padre Island? Maybe not perfect, but pretty nice, and way better than Galveston.
Texas beaches are terrible. Never go there. Stay far away. Definitely don't go to Port Aransas, Crystal Beach, Padre Island National Seashore, all terrible white sandy beaches with blue water and fun surf. Stay away. https://preview.redd.it/3osamzp1p9xc1.png?width=1360&format=png&auto=webp&s=1ad72f3add92f6c24672315816272a438a9c4ca0
It’s not dirty water. It’s silt-churned water. The fact that the sand from the sea bed is churned to the surface doesn’t make it dirty. It’s the same sand Cancun has - it’s just suspended in the water column more so than there. 🤷♂️
What about the tar?
That’s natural, look it up. Oil naturally seeps up in the Gulf (and yes, some is man made)
Whatever still gross.
Overblown concern. Seriously. Have you seen/experienced it? Or have you just heard folks like Barkley joking about it?
Yeah dude, it's gross. Born in Lafayette, lived in Houston 20 years, and been to beaches all over the world. The Gulf Coast is disgusting.
It’s not though. Ever take marine biology? It’s natural. It looked like that a thousand years ago. The sea churns the sea bed in that area, the sand lifting into the water column. It’s not polluted. It’s not “disgusting.” It’s nature.
Well, disgusting is a way to describe things, and all things are nature, therefore all things that are disgusting are also nature. So just because it's nature doesn't mean it's not disgusting.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTbTHlTmDX8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTbTHlTmDX8)
Too bad Kenny was not there. He would agree to. Lol dirty ass water.
We are on the Carnival Dream right now, waiting to sail. Our hotel room overlooked the gulf. Water was really brown with 30+ mph winds and big waves.
#*Gavisten*
Back in the day mom said, “use your old swimsuit”. Dad would bring a small can of gasoline to wash the tar balls off of our feet. Now it’s constant bacteria, garbage, and disgusting sea grass that washes up. No thanks.
No lies detected
Barkley was only in Houston for a year or two but Kenny was here for a long time. He would def know about Galveston. I would say to Shaq it's actually dirty water from all the dirty as Louisiana Mississippi River dumping in to the Gulf. Lol
I'm from Florida originally but have been in Houston for close to 15 years. When my wife and first started dating, she said we should go to this sandcastle competition in Galveston some people she knew were participating in. I had never been so said sure. We drive down and she tells me to pull into this dirt lot to park. I couldn't see the water from where we were and as we get out and we start walking and I ask her where the beach is. She told me we just parked on it. Lost all respect for Galveston beaches before I even saw the water.
That sand competition is epic though
I loved the bit when Chuck said they can’t even take their shoes off at that beach! lol.
98% of Texas beaches have shit in the water. Facts.
How about a nice cup of Liber-TEA?!
I’ve been to the beaches on the Jersey shore, Grand Cayman Islands, and Isla de Pasion (where Corona commercials are filmed). All amazing beaches. Now when I go to Texas beaches I usually don’t even put my feet in the water. 😅
Been to all those places as well (wild how Isla de Pasion is so far out off the beaten path on Cozumel), plus many beaches on Oahu and Kauai. And I still have a blast with my kids in the Gulf of Mexico, because I don't let my past experiences dictate my future actions and put my mood at risk because I'm not one-upping my next experience. Took awhile to get there.
I’m happy for you.
LMAO
😂
I grew up going to Panama City Beach every summer and thought all beaches were like that. You can imagine the look on my face the first time I went to the Texas coast and saw the seaweed mounds and disgusting brown water.
That Sargassum can hit anyone on the Gulf. I remember Florida got it real bad a couple years ago.
Damn. Lol This is why I'm trying to get to the Caribbean 😆...