To: txflake
Chambers County, home to High Island, has a population of 27,581. Jefferson County, to the east of High Island, has a population of 248,605. Most of the population of Jefferson is in Beaumont (113,866) and Port Arthur (57,755).
Neither county is on high ground until you reach I-10, according to Google Earth. That includes most of Port Arthur and Beaumont. But it looks like the area near the coast is swampy, which may help with any storm surge.
To: conservative in nyc
it's flat as a pancake down there - no resistance to hurricanes at all.
854 posted on
09/22/2005 8:44:23 AM PDT by
abb
(Because News Reporting is too important to be left to the Journalists.)
To: conservative in nyc
High Island is primarily beach houses. My aunt and uncle used to own a house there.
The concern with Beaumont-Port Arthur is that it is another major oil refining center.
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