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Special Marine Warning, San Antonio, Mesquite, and Espiritu Santo Bays, Coastal waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel out 20 NM

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Why this: The most severe alert among 49 the National Weather Service has in effect
Issued: 30 Oct 18:00 UTC · 11 min ago
Source: National Weather Service
Kind: ALERT

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American comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert hosted the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear in Washington, D.C.On this day, 2010 · Wikipedia, On this day
After his terminal-cancer diagnosis, Warren Zevon made his last public appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman, giving the advice to "enjoy every sandwich".On this day, 2002 · Wikipedia, On this day
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