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619,617 cu/yards - the sand mass blocking the
traditional of the San Bernard (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study,
2002)
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44,227 - the number of standard dump trucks needed to
move that sand
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3,240 pounds – average weight of 1 cubic yard of damp
sand
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272 feet – the average width of the Intracoastal
Canal between the San Bernard River and Jones Lake in 1974 (Texas
Parks & Wildlife study, 2005)
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534 feet – the average width of the Intracoastal
Canal between the San Bernard and Jones Lake in 2002 (Texas Parks &
Wildlife study, 2005)
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1.2 feet – the average DAILY southwestward movement
of the river mouth 1990 – 1995 (COE study, 2002)
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1.6 feet the average DAILY movement of the river
mouth from 1995 – 2001 (COE study, 2002)
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1,000 to 1,100 feet - the width of the mouth of the
San Bernard at the Gulf in 1989 to 1995 (COE study, 2002)
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8 ½ feet – the average depth of the mouth of the San
Bernard at the Gulf in 1989 to 1995
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200 feet – the width of the mouth of the San Bernard
in 2002 (COE study, 2002)
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4 feet – the average depth of the mouth of the San
Bernard River in 2002 (COE study, 2002)
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9.936 miles
– the distance between the mouth of the Brazos River and the San
Bernard River – 1928 (COE study 2002)
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6.52 miles
– the distance the mouth of the Brazos was moved in 1929 (COE study
2002)
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3.416 miles
– the distance between the mouth of the “new Brazos” and the mouth
of the San Bernard River - 1930 (COE study 2002)
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Early
1940’s – the time the Intracoastal Canal was completed from the
Brazos to the San Bernard (COE study – 2002)
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175 feet
wide by 12 feet deep – design dimensions of the “old Intracoastal
Canal” (Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association -GICA – 2005)
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12 – the
number of “ major accidents” at the east flood gate of the Brazos
River - 2005 (Congressman Ron Paul – 2006)
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25 – the
number of “major accidents” at the west flood gate of the Brazos
River – 2005 (Congressman Ron Paul – 2006)
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142,000
gallons – the liquid capacity of petroleum products of the average
barge – (Kirby Corp. – 2005)
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29 million
tons – the annual cargo carried by barge in the Intracoastal Canal
in Brazoria County – (GICA – 2005)
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3 – the
number of push boats sometimes needed to “push the current” and
control one loaded barge through the west flood gate of the Brazos
when the full flow of the San Bernard River collides with the
incoming tide in the Brazos River – (GICA 2005)
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235,000
cubic yards - the amount of sand / silt discharged yearly into
the Gulf by the Brazos River – (COE study 2002)
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176,000
cubic yards - the amount of sand / silt from the Brazos River
carried SW by the long shore current yearly across the mouth of the
San Bernard River – (COE study 2002) /
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6,000 feet
– the distance the mouth of the San Bernard River moved from 1990 to
2002 – ( COE study 2002)
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600 feet
wide by 7 ½ feet deep – the size of the re-opened channel of the
mouth of the San Bernard River – ( Brazoria Co. Commissioner’s Court
2005)
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4,000
pounds – the average daily Blue Crab harvest – June 1995 – 3 men,
two boats (Daniel Aplin, commercial crabber at River’s End)
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2,000
pounds – the daily Blue Crab Harvest goal that was NEVER MET in any
single day, 2005 – 5 men, 3 boats, 50% more traps than set in 1005 –
(Daniel Aplin, 2006)
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36 – the
average number of shrimp boats working out of the village of River’s
End, 1985
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Zero – the
number of shrimp boats working out of River’s End 2006
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5 – the
number of commercial fish houses, village of River’s End, 1985
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Zero – the
number of fish houses in River’s End 2006
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6 – the
number of restaurants operating in the village of River’s End in
1985
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Zero – the
number of restaurants in River’s End in 2006
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3 – the
number of convenience stores in the village of River’s End in 1985
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Zero – the
number of convenience stores in River’s End 2006
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11 – the
number of bars / ice houses in the village of River’s End in 1985
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Zero – the
number of bars / ice houses in River’s End in 2006
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10 – the
number of bait houses in the village of River’s End in 1985
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Zero – the
number of bait houses in River’s End in 2006
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September
1943 – the date of completion of the west flood gate on the Brazos
River – (COE study – 2001)
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75 feet –
the width of the west flood gate of the Brazos River – (COE study –
2001)
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52 ½ feet –
the width of the average barge – (Kirby Corporation – 2005)
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Closed –
the position the floodgates should be in except to allow marine
traffic passage – ( COE study - 2001)
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Open – the
position of the floodgates “most of the time” - (COE study –
2001)
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“Hazardous
to safe navigation” – the mouth of the San Bernard River -
(COE study – 2001)
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1985 – the
year push boat captains started to complain of strong west to east
currents at the west flood gate of the Brazos – (COE study – 2001)
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1985 – the
year when the sand from the Brazos formed a bar across the mouth of
the San Bernard – (COE study – 2001)
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50 % - the
increase in the flow of water through the mouth of the San Bernard
when the west flood gate is kept closed – (COE study – 2001)
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“Reduces
water surface elevations” – what will happen during all flood events
if a new outlet is provided for the San Bernard River – (COE study –
2001)
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Say what? –
“Providing a new outlet for the San Bernard River reduces the
velocity of water through the gates when the San Bernard and Brazos
Rivers have low flow, 1,000 and 9,000 cfs (cubic feet per second)
respectively. Maximum eastbound velocities at the floodgates are
reduced from higher than 3 feet per second to less than 2 feet per
second. Maximum velocities at the floodgates increase to 6 feet per
second, an increase of more than 2 feet per second and remain
westbound during high flow events.” – (COE study - 2001)
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? – Cost of
this sentence: “A coastal process study is recommended to better
understand the current behavior of the existing San Bernard River
outlet as well as to find ways of achieving inlet stabilization.” –
(COE study – 2001)
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90% -
the Blue Crab portion of the diet of an adult Whooping Crane
necessary for successful Spring migration and breeding –
(International Crane Foundation – 2006)
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60% - the
Blue Crab portion of the diet of an adult Whooping Crane in the
winter of 2005 – 2006 in the Aransas Wildlife Refuge due to
declining Blue Crab populations on the Central Gulf Coast – (Houston
Chronicle – 2-23-2006)
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Chicken –
what the residents of eastern Mexico will probably say a Whooping
Crane tastes like when/if the birds move south looking for a Blue
Crab diet – (Tom Lizardo, 2005)
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0.06% -the
gravel content of the core sample of the traditional mouth of the
San Bernard River sand spit – (Coastal Technology Corp. – June,
2005)
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96.07% -
fine-grained, quartz, yellow colored sand – the core sample of the
traditional mouth of the San Bernard River sand spit -
(Coastal Technology Corp. – June, 2005)
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3.87% - the
size of the fines / silt (< # 200 screen) content of the core sample
of the traditional mouth of the San Bernard River sand spit -
(Coastal Technology Corp. – June, 2005)
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620,000 cu/yds.
– the amount of sand to be removed from the traditional mouth of the
San Bernard River for use in rebuilding Central Texas area beaches–
(GLO sand source data base – March, 2005)
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7 ½ hours –
the amount of time that Tom Lizardo, Chief-of- Staff, Congressman
Ron Paul’s office, spent at the village of River’s End studying the
San Bernard River situation – October 2005
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Well, duh –
“The opening of the mouth of the San Bernard River may have several
impacts on the San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge including
erosion of beaches, decrease sediment loads in the marsh, and
decrease in salinities. We have only incremental observations
regarding the situation and no real basis for a judgment regarding
any benefit or detriment to the ecology of the area.” – ( United
States Dept. of the Interior letter to Congressman Ron Paul,
December, 2005)
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2 – the
number of appropriations requests on behalf of the San Bernard River
inserted into bills by Congressman Ron Paul in 2005 – Tom Lizardo
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2 – the
number of appropriations requests on behalf of the San Bernard River
that were not funded due to expenses related to Hurricanes Katrina
and Rita – Tom Lizardo
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55% - the
amount of the flow of the San Bernard River that DID NOT cross the
Intracoastal Waterway , April 25, 2005 – (Texas Water Development
Board, May, 2005)
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70% - the
amount of the flow of the San Bernard River that DID NOT cross the
Intracoastal Waterway , April 26, 2005 – (Texas Water Development
Board, May, 2005)
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50% - the
amount of the flow of the San Bernard River that DID NOT cross the
Intracoastal Waterway , April 27, 2005 – (Texas Water Development
Board, May, 2005)
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6 – the
number of “whereases” on the Resolution supporting the dredging of
the mouth of the San Bernard River - (Economic Development
Alliance for Brazoria Co., 2005)
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5 – the
number of signatures on the Resolution of support for re-opening the
San Bernard River from the Brazoria Co. Commissioner’s Court – (
Resolution 2005)