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25 KBR 242 Climate 1.3 Winter Hardy Toll Road Minute Maid Park Water pollution 2 Geology The coffee companies of Houston formed the Greater Houston Coffee Association in fall 2000 the industry then tried to make Houston a major coffee shipping port Coffee sold through futures contracts may only be shipped to a New York Board of Trade-certified port and Texas's ad valorem tax on warehouse inventories made it impossible for Houston to get such a certification the tax was written into the Constitution of Texas so the Greater Houston Coffee Association asked State Representative Joe E Moreno and State Senator Mario Gallegos to present a constitutional amendment bill to exempt cocoa and coffee stored in Harris County warehouses from the tax Voters approved the amendment in 2001 Since then Houston's role as a coffee port increased After Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans much of the traffic switched to Houston. Beginning in 1949 Texas was hit with a devastating drought that extended until 1957 Rainfall decreased 30 to 50 percent while temperatures rose killing crops livestock and triggering a rise of dust storms As a result the number of Texas farms and ranches declined by nearly 100,000 and Texas experienced a period of mass urbanization as the rural population moved to the city to rebuild their livelihoods the state's rural population declined from more than a third of the population to a quarter. As a result the Texas Water Development Board was created in 1957 and the state began a period of building a diverse system of water conservation plans This included increasing access to groundwater and creating lakes by damming rivers. Ross S Sterling born in Anahuac Chambers County, A factory worker in 1942 Fort Worth Texas According to Children at Risk a local nonprofit research organization 21% of the Harris County children live in poverty 6.5 per 1,000 die before age one and 38% drop out of high school. . Texas Hill Country (22.7) 63.4 Houston is the tenth largest television market in the United States While Houston is the fourth largest city in the United States other cities that are smaller than Houston have metropolitan region that are larger than Houston's, 137 Gene Wu Democratic 2013 Southwest Houston (including Sharpstown and Gulfton) Native Hawaiian and Thunderstorms strike Texas often especially the eastern and northern portions of the state Tornado Alley covers the northern section of Texas the state experiences the most tornadoes in the United States an average of 139 a year These strike most frequently in North Texas and the Panhandle. Tornadoes in Texas generally occur in the months of April May and June. The internationally known slogan "Don't Mess with Texas" began as an anti-littering advertisement Since the campaign's inception in 1986 the phrase has become "an identity statement a declaration of Texas swagger".

. 35 Calpine 349 David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport a general aviation airport is located outside of the Tomball city limits in unincorporated northwest Harris County. . .