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Taxation Other devastating Texas hurricanes include the 1915 Galveston hurricane Hurricane Audrey in 1957 which killed over 600 people Hurricane Carla in 1961 Hurricane Beulah in 1967 Hurricane Alicia in 1983 Hurricane Rita in 2005 and Hurricane Ike in 2008 Tropical storms have also caused their share of damage: Allison in 1989 and again during 2001 and Claudette in 1979 among them, 2 San Antonio Bexar 1,492,510 Niels Esperson Building 138 Dwayne Bohac Republican 2002 Northwest Houston and parts of the Memorial/Spring Branch area north of I-10 Addicks Reservoir; . . In the aftermath of the Hurricane Katrina disaster about 200,000 New Orleans residents resettled in Houston Soon following Katrina was Hurricane Rita a category 5 hurricane which caused 2.5 million Houstonians to evacuate the city the largest urban evacuation in the history of the U.S, Houston Texas Business Directory, After a failed attempt to convince Spanish authorities to reestablish missions in Texas in 1711 Franciscan missionary Francisco Hidalgo approached the French governor of Louisiana for help the French governor sent representatives to meet with Hidalgo This concerned Spanish authorities who ordered the reoccupation of Texas as a buffer between New Spain and French settlements in Louisiana in 1716 four missions and a presidio were established in East Texas Accompanying the soldiers were the first recorded female settlers in Spanish Texas! 15 See also 1860 604,215 184.2% 7.4 Religion Anna Rohleder of Forbes said "Among Houston's wealthy denizens social life centers on charity events and the arts.". . Airports In the Middle East in May Commonwealth forces quashed an uprising in Iraq which had been supported by German aircraft from bases within Vichy-controlled Syria. Between June and July they invaded and occupied the French possessions Syria and Lebanon with the assistance of the Free French.[citation needed].

. . According to U.S News and World Report many hospitals in Houston consistently rank among the nation's top healthcare institutions, Disease in the Americas There are 27,000 abandoned oil and gas wells beneath the Gulf These have generally not been checked for potential environmental problems.