Aransas County Schools closed indefinitely.

http://www.kiiitv.com/news/local/aransas-county-isd-closing-indefinitely/469333045

The storm took its toll on migrating birds. Large flocks were trapped and many were found dead on our property. Lina found this injured, but alive female Purple Martin. She got it to eat some bread, but they are  pretty exclusive insect eaters.The migrating group does not contain all the members of a certain colony. That way that colony will continue next year even if some are lost to storms. This one may be from way up north, even Canada. They started migrating the first part of August.

Someone saw from above that many seagulls and pelicans were trapped in the eye in the calm air and could not get out through the high winds of the eyewall. It looked strange to see all those dots in the eye. It took a while to realize they were trapped birds. 

Lina has posted tons of pictures on the facebook page today.
Click here for all the good photos of all the bad damage..

Here is a list of some of the damages that Lina sent to owners.

I have inspected the property. Lots of damages to all buildings except for 500.

709 and 710 roof is damaged and caved in.

711 bedroom caved in

101 and 102 roof is caved in.

107 part roof is ripped off.

201 front bedroom up and downstairs is caved in.

405 roof is caved in.

608 roof is caved in.

Office is blown out. Garage is still intact.

Gazebo pool area has collapsed.

Tennis court fence is ripped.

Pool fence ripped.

Bayside seems to be intact.

Bulkhead intact.

209 sliding blown in.

301 column almost falling

307 ac condensor is smashed.

308 upper back deck is collapsed

400 front windows blown in.

407 back roof lifted.

408 exterior wall gone.

501 roof is lifted.

Palm trees behind 500 are uprooted.

Fish cleaning stand still standing tall.

Pier railings missing.

Crossbridge railings missing along with lights.

All shoreguard that was pulled out is gone by 300 building.

I now have an open air bedroom Thank you Harvey. At least I can watch TV and enjoy the ocean breeze. I now have a one bedroom, one story too.

Here is a link to live footage from Rockport taken by a professional storm chaser. He says right now it is raining 8 inches per hour.

https://www.pscp.tv/Jeff_Piotrowski/1rmxPqngkaDKN?

The Aransas  County Appraisal District has finally released the appraised values for our condos. They show no rhyme or reason to me. One two bedroom on the bayside is appraised at $184,870 and another on the bayside at $266,160. Three bedroom condos range from $278,580 to $210,750. Several two bedroom condos are appraised at more than a three bedroom condo. In one case they are next to each other in the 500 building.
A few years ago the appraisal chief decided to start taxing the furnishings of condos up for rental since the furnishings were being used to produce income. These values are all over the place. The highest is a two bedroom condo in the 200 building where it is at $9,130. Some are not taxed at all on contents.
To make protests more difficult, the 2017 values were not shown online until after the protest period had ended. I may have been a part of that. Last year the owner of a condo in the 300 building asked me to protest for him. He was far above condos around him and I went in with all those numbers for identical condos. I think the appraiser decided that would not happen again and now they don't release the current year values until it is too late to protest.

DATE: 8/14/2017
ROCKPORT – After consulting Aransas County officials and the Aransas County Navigation District, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) today permanently closed both sides of the Copano Bay Fishing Pier to the public due to the deteriorated condition of the 86-year-old wooden structure.

TxDOT’s Bridge Division performed a structural survey of the pier earlier this month after a short section of the pier’s south side collapsed in June. No one was injured in the incident.

The structural survey found: “Overall, the remaining standing portions of the fishing pier are in significantly distressed condition. The two spans that have collapsed are evidence that the structure can collapse with little notice. It is recommended that the remaining portions remain closed to the pedestrian and vehicular traffic.’’

The navigation district, which operates and maintains the facility, said the boat ramp on the south side will remain open to the public.

The future of the pier will be determined following an environmental study and coordination with state and federal agencies.

Aransas County officials and the navigation district plan to work together to explore options for a replacement pier.

For more information, contact Rickey.Dailey@TxDOT.gov at (361) 808-2544.