Soon Houstonians were prompted to put an end to their problems; so they wanted to make a Chamber of Commerce just for the city a bill had been introduced on November 26 1838 in Congress that would establish this entity President Mirabeau B Lamar signed the act into law on January 28 1840 This move could not have come sooner as the city was suffering from financial problems and numerous yellow fever outbreaks including an 1839 outbreak that killed about 12 percent of its population Also on January 14 1839 the capital had been moved to Austin known as Waterloo at the time on April 4 1840 John Carlos hosted a meeting to establish the Houston Chamber of Commerce at the City Exchange building E.S Perkins presided as its first president in addition to Perkins and Carlos the charter members admitted were: Henry R Allen T Francis Brewer Jacob De Cordova J Temple Doswell George Gazley Dewitt C Harris J Hart Charles J Hedenburg Thomas M League Charles Kesler Charles A Morris E Osborne and John W Pitkin Undergrowth and snags had been the greatest obstacle to navigating Buffalo Bayou; yet by 1840 there was an accumulation of sunken ships This was the principle concern of the new Houston Chamber of Commerce the city of Houston and Harris County responded by allocating taxpayer money for bayou clearance and on March 1 1841 the first wreck was pulled out the bayou under this program. . On July 30 1942 the Robert E Lee captained by William C Heath was torpedoed by the German submarine U-166 She was sailing southeast of the entrance to the Mississippi River when the explosion destroyed the #3 hold vented through the B and C decks and damaged the engines the radio compartment and the steering gear After the attack she was under escort by the USS PC-566 captained by LCDR Herbert G Claudius en route to New Orleans the USS PC-566 began dropping depth charges on a sonar contact sinking the U-166 the badly damaged Robert E Lee first listed to port then to starboard and finally sank within about 15 minutes of the attack One officer nine crewmen and 15 passengers were lost Ironically the passengers aboard the Robert E Lee were primarily survivors of previous torpedo attacks by German U-boats the wreck's precise location was discovered during the C & C Marine survey that located the U-166. . 2.1 Theater District 8 Literature Harris County ESD #75 Dual Baytown FD 1% .0875. Colleges and universities Welcome to Praha Texas "Czech Capital of Texas", Czechs 3.3 Other famous and notable East Texans. ; 1.2 Big Thicket (8.4) 53.6 Brazoria (south) Residents of counties along the Rio Grande closer to the Mexico-United States border where there are many Latino residents generally vote for Democratic Party candidates while most other rural and suburban areas of Texas have shifted to voting for Republican Party candidates.
. . 1970 11,196,730 16.9% The Alley Theatre, Channelview Waller ISD, 13 External links 4.5 State government Houston Texas Business Directory. Occurrences of freezing rain also known as ice storms are more common than snow in Houston Some of the most recent ice storms occurred in 1997 2007 February 4 2011 and January 16 2018 an overnight event occurred from January 23 2014 to January 24 another significant icing occurred a few days later on January 28 and a third event took place on March 4 These storms can be very disruptive since road crews are not equipped to handle such rare events over the city's expansive size. When ice occurs roads and schools are usually closed the city's Office of Emergency Management encourages driver's to "avoid driving unless absolutely necessary. if roadways are at risk of icing." Typically such ice storms affect mainly the northern/western areas of the metro while the southern/eastern areas are left with just cold rain the ice storm that occurred on January 16 2018 started as cold rain for several hours before changing to a wintry mix and then eventually sleet and snow Temperatures started in the low-mid 30s and quickly dropped to the 20s in the afternoon and before dipping into the teens by the evening/overnight hours which caused all the rain to turn to ice accumulating a thickness up to 1' on some roads bridges overpasses making it one of the worst winter storms in the history of the state, Goliad Campaign Portuguese North America (in present-day Canada); Vaz Dourado c.1576, (20.7) 74.8 Unlike the rest of the nation most of Texas is on its own alternating current power grid the Texas Interconnection Texas has a deregulated electric service Texas leads the nation in total net electricity production generating 437,236 MWh in 2014 89% more MWh than Florida which ranked second. As an independent nation Texas would rank as the world's eleventh-largest producer of electricity after South Korea and ahead of the United Kingdom. . 11 Larry Taylor Republican 2013 Southeast, December 10 2008: Tied the earliest accumulating snowfall record, Heat and humidity in Houston make air conditioning important in day-to-day life. Most indoor workers spend the hottest part of the day in air conditioning After World War II air conditioning stimulated the growth of Houston called the most air-conditioned city in the world in 1950 for construction workers landscapers and others who must work outdoors there is little relief from the summer heat and humidity Industrial workers automobile mechanics and others who usually work in non-air conditioned indoor spaces often rely on large electric fans to provide some relief.
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