Antarctica Meets Texas

Texas has a lot of shoreline along the Gulf of Mexico, not much of which is very attractive. For those who have not seen it, imagine a brownish sandpit filled with jellyfish.

As you get a few miles out into the Gulf, and away from the shallow basin of much of our coastline, perhaps it gets a little cleaner and clearer.

But it's that shallow basin and the cities along its shore that has my interest for this post.

The question is what low-lying Texas coastal cities will be affected by the Arctic, Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets melting?

Here are the ones which will be totally submerged: All of the sandbar islands, including Galveston and Padre; Port Aransas; many cities in Matagora Bay; Freeport; much of Galveston Bay, including Texas City; and Port Arthur.

Here are the cities impacted: Orange, Beaumont, Houston, Rockport, and Corpus Christi, Brownsville. On the upside, if you don't already own shoreline properties, you will without having to move. So fellow Texans, enjoy your new view!

For more information, see this link and this one (look for the dropdown, where you can select different cities in many of the coastal states).