r/CorpusChristi

My fiancé and I (late 20s), are moving to Corpus Christi in a few months. Yes, I am well aware of the ongoing water crisis but, we are moving for my job and things are already set in motion. Regardless, we have always wanted to live close to the beach so we are looking forward to this opportunity!

We are looking to purchase a home, and I’ve been doing a lot of research. It seems our two best options are the Southside neighborhood and Padre Island. Does anyone have any other suggestions or recommendations where we should look?

Some other considerations: we don’t have children, so school districts aren’t a factor. We both will be working near downtown Corpus so we’d like to keep our commutes around 30 minutes max…

Thanks!

Lake Texana, the smallest of Corpus Christi’s three reservoirs, rebounded from record lows last month when it received its first inflows in eight months. Worst-case projections in mid-April showed the lake going dry by summer. Now it should last until early next year, at least. 

It’s one small step in a regional water crisis that has developed over decades. But the short bridge that recent rains provided goes a long way to helping the region narrowly avoid a disaster, local water planners say. Expectations of a powerful “super El Niño” event this year suggest that intensely wet weather could return to the Coastal Bend of Texas this fall, potentially putting water into the region’s largest reservoirs, which have fallen to critical levels. 

Earlier this year, water planners in Corpus Christi worried their reservoirs could empty before El Niño appeared to save them. The recent boost to Lake Texana significantly lowers that likelihood, according to John Michael, an engineering firm executive who has spent 44 years working on water infrastructure in the region.  

“We’ve just got to get through this year,” said Michael, local vice president of Hanson Professional Services, an engineering firm with offices around the country. “I’m much more optimistic today than I was three months ago.”

If levels continue to rise in Lake Texana, 100 miles northeast of Corpus Christi and linked to the city by pipeline, it could meet the region’s domestic and industrial water needs well into next year. By that time, planners hope El Niño will end five consecutive years of record-breaking heat and drought.

Dry spells in Texas have been known to conclude with deluges, said Matt Lanza, a longtime Houston meteorologist and co-founder of the website Space City Weather.  

“We’ve had some false starts the last couple years,” he said. “We are hopefully beginning to see the end of the drought in South Texas, but only time can tell.”

Narrowly avoiding a water disaster doesn’t mean that Corpus Christi has solved its water crisis. The region’s largest source of water, the Choke Canyon Reservoir, has received three minor inflow events and zero major inflow in the last 15 years, according to Texas state climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon. The next-largest reservoir, Lake Corpus Christi, hasn’t logged inflows in five years. 

Both reservoirs combined are about 8 percent full, as the region’s industrial complexes continue to draw large volumes of water daily. A return of moderate rainfall could keep Corpus Christi from emptying its main reservoirs, but it wouldn’t likely fill them up anytime soon.

“We are in drought, but we also have the water shortage,” said Juan Peña, lead meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Corpus Christi. “Drought is … short-term. The water shortage is more long-term.”

Corpus Christi needs the groundwater beneath the small town of Sinton so urgently that it’s already laying pipeline, even before it has the permits to start drilling for water.

Sinton, with 5,500 residents about half an hour north, is fighting those permits in court, citing concerns for its own water supply. But leaders in Corpus Christi, which supplies water to half a million people, now suggest an ulterior motive: Sinton wants a thirsty, new complex of data centers.

Officials and executives in Corpus Christi point to recent land deals, well permits and a rezoning ordinance as evidence for the data center plans. Officials in Sinton neither confirm nor deny Corpus Christi’s supposition.

“It is rumors,” said John Hobson, Sinton’s city manager, declining to say whether or not it is true.

Everyone involved in the deal probably signed non-disclosure agreements, said Greg Ellis, an attorney for the San Patricio Groundwater Conservation District, which is based in Sinton and issued the drilling permits in dispute.

“Seems like it’s gotten out anyway,” he said. “I find the rumor very believable.”

This is a long shot but i’ve searched everywhere with no luck!

Does anyone have a video in maybe 2012-2015 of a rap battle at cunningham middle school (the old building) It was during the Hmmm trend. It’s a group of kids and a girl that yells ayyyyy it went viral locally and one of those kids in the video is my friend and we want to find it!

Looking for recommendations for activities to do with a 3 year old. All I got so far is the aquarium

How come Sunrise Mall still not totally torn down? There's no one working on it anymore for months.

I'm looking to buy a new mattress. Where do y'all like to buy them from? Any suggestions on Cantwell or should I stick with a national brand?

I've had an RV stored there for about a year now. I was paying about $77/month for the spot (after the brief $30 introductory price), but my latest payment was nearly double that. It's on autopay so I didn't miss any months. There was no notice of the increase.

Of course I'll be contacting them soon about the increase, and will probably shop around because that's too high for a parking spot. I was just curious if anyone here also used that place and dealt with the same issue. Thanks.

This is a little embarassing to ask, but I'm in desperate need of a lawn mower (the machine, not someone to mow my lawn). I'd love to have someone come out on a regular basis but I can't always guarantee to have x amount of dollars every other week. I had one and mowed myself regularly, but it recently broke down and the grass is getting super tall. I've tried replacing the oil, gas, and spark plug to no avail so I think it's a goner.

Anyone know where I can get a running lawn mower for cheap? Help a teacher out 🫶🏻

Does anyone have any pictures of rock and roll plus (before it became war and peace)? I can't find any online. That used to be my favorite store growing up.

Hi there!

I am taking a short vacation to Corpus at the last weekend of May. What are the best beach spots and best seafood places? I love inexpensive whole-in-the-wall restaurants.

Also, I am a solo female. Are there any specific locations I should stay away from?

Anyone moved from Houston to Corpus?

How is that change and how is life in Corpus? Any recommendations? Thank you!

Hello, I commute almost daily to del mar and recently it's been a goal of mine to lose some weight. I want to do something that can actually teach me something while helping with my weight loss and so I was hoping somebody on here could recommend a boxing gym in CC for a bigger person that's challenging but not to competitive. Id appreciate the recommendations, thanks.

Me and wifey have been looking