Tropical Storm Allison dumped up to 37 inches (940 mm) of rain on parts of the city over a five-day period in 2001 and was the most destructive and costly natural disaster in Houston history prior to Hurricane Harvey Area flooding was catastrophic and widespread the storm completely overwhelmed the flood control system and caused 22 deaths in Houston and $6.05 billion (2006 USD) in damage It is the only tropical storm in history to have its name retired. In 1840 the community established a chamber of commerce in part to promote shipping and navigation at the newly created port on Buffalo Bayou. .
Kegans Unit located in Downtown Houston is a state jail for men it is in the north of downtown along the north side of the Buffalo Bayou next to the county facilities, Minor oil spills Texas in its Wild West days attracted men who could shoot straight and possessed the zest for adventure "for masculine renown patriotic service martial glory and meaningful deaths.". German Irish and English Americans are the three largest European ancestry groups in Texas German Americans make up 11.3 percent of the population and number over 2.7 million members Irish Americans make up 8.2 percent of the population and number over 1.9 million members There are roughly 600,000 French Americans and 472,000 Italian Americans residing in Texas; these two ethnic groups make up 2.5 percent and 2.0 percent of the population respectively in the 1980 United States Census the largest ancestry group reported in Texas was English with 3,083,323 Texans citing they were of English or mostly English ancestry making them 27 percent of the state at the time. Their ancestry primarily goes back to the original thirteen colonies (the census of 1790 gives 48% of the population of English ancestry; together 12% Scots and Scots-Irish; 4.5% Irish South 90% were Protestant and 3% Welsh = 67.5% British; 13% were German Swiss Dutch and French Huguenots; 19% African-American Colin Bonwick the American Revolution 1991 p 254) and thus many of them today identify as "American" in ancestry though they are of predominantly British stock. There are nearly 200,000 Czech-Americans living in Texas the largest number of any state, Urrea urged Filisola to continue the campaign He was confident that he could successfully challenge the Texian troops According to Hardin "Santa Anna had presented Mexico with one military disaster; Filisola did not wish to risk another." Spring rains ruined the ammunition and rendered the roads almost impassable with troops sinking to their knees in mud Mexican troops were soon out of food and began to fall ill from dysentery and other diseases. Their supply lines had completely broken down leaving no hope of further reinforcements. Filisola later wrote that "Had the enemy met us under these cruel circumstances on the only road that was left no alternative remained but to die or surrender at discretion". . . (107) 4.67 (29) 106 20 National Oilwell Varco 202, Farmers and ranchers were especially hard hit as prices for cotton and livestock fell sharply Beginning in 1934 and lasting until 1939 the Dust Bowl an ecological disaster of severe wind and drought caused an exodus from Texas and the surrounding plains in which over 500,000 Americans were homeless hungry and jobless. Thousands left the region forever to seek economic opportunities in California For the majority of farmers who remained the New Deal's Agricultural Adjustment Act was a crash program started in 1933 that in two weeks signed up cotton growers even as agents and committeemen faced poor roads bureaucratic delays inadequate supplies balking mules and language barriers it brought recovery by the mid-1930s raising cotton prices by controls on how much farmers could plant, Tourist attractions in the Houston area include Space Center Houston and the original La Casida and Ninfa's Previous attractions included tours of the Houston Astrodome and Gilley's the Houston Bay Area and Galveston also have many other tourist attractions including a Schlitterbahn Water Park Kemah Boardwalk Moody Gardens beaches fishing pleasure boats and many local seafood restaurants the Houston Museum District Houston Theater District in Downtown and the Galleria are also heavily visited tourist attractions.[citation needed]. Exterior of Rothko Chapel Sponsors included governments the king viceroys and local governors backed by rich men the contribution of each individual conditioned the subsequent division of the booty receiving a portion the pawn (lancero piquero alabardero rodelero) and twice a man on horseback (caballero) owner of a horse.[clarification needed] Sometimes part of the booty consisted of women and/or slaves Even the dogs important weapons of war in their own right were in some cases rewarded the division of the booty produced conflicts such as the one between Pizarro and Almagro, A white flag with a five-pointed-star over the outline of a small cannon with the words Come and Take it below the left corner of the flag has been torn off and sewn back on. San Jacinto 7.3 Languages South Houston Ixtoc I explosion and oil spill.
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