4.4 County government Unlike Dallas Houston is not in Tornado Alley; however smaller tornadoes can occur during severe weather They are most likely to be found along frontal boundaries of an air mass during the spring months Tornadoes in Houston usually measure a weak F1 on the older Fujita scale and cause light to moderate damage to well-constructed buildings the strongest recorded tornado in Houston history was an F4 on November 21 1992 part of a large outbreak of tornadoes in Harris County, 17 Baker Hughes 170 Harris County ESD #4 (4A) Dual Huffman FD 1% (2%) .10 (.10). Houston is considered to be a politically divided city whose balance of power often sways between Republicans and Democrats Much of the city's wealthier areas vote Republican while the city's working class and minority areas vote Democratic According to the 2005 Houston Area Survey 68 percent of non-Hispanic whites in Harris County are declared or favor Republicans while 89 percent of non-Hispanic blacks in the area are declared or favor Democrats About 62 percent of Hispanics (of any race) in the area are declared or favor Democrats the city has often been known to be the most politically diverse city in Texas a state known for being generally conservative. As a result the city is often a contested area in statewide elections in 2009 Houston became the first U.S city with a population over 1 million citizens to elect a gay mayor by electing Annise Parker. See also: List of colleges and universities in Houston, Houston is highly regarded for its diverse food and restaurant culture Several major publications have consistently named Houston as one of "America's Best Food Cities". . For decades the infant mortality rate in Texas was higher than the nationwide rate but that gap has slowly closed in 2017 the infant mortality rate in Texas was identical to the nationwide rate: 5.9 deaths per 1,000 live births. This rate is not identical across the state of Texas and studies have found significant disparities between zip codes for example the 76164 zip code has an infant mortality rate of 12.3 deaths per 1,000 live births while the neighboring 76107 zip code has a rate of 1.8 deaths per 1,000 live births. Additionally Black families in Texas are disproportionately burdened by these rates in 2015 the infant mortality rate for Black babies in Texas was 10.9 deaths per 1,000 births. These disparities can be explained by factors such as socioeconomic status air pollution and access to health care.
. . 3 Demographics 11.4 Great Depression Rivers Legislative responses For several decades official British policy was to maintain strong ties with Mexico in the hopes that the country could stop the United States from expanding further. When the Texas Revolution erupted Great Britain had declined to become involved officially expressing confidence that Mexico could handle its own affairs in 1840 after years in which the Republic of Texas was neither annexed by the United States nor reabsorbed into Mexico Britain signed a treaty to recognize the nation and act as a mediator to help Texas gain recognition from Mexico. The Convention of 1836 in Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 1 attracted 45 delegates representing 21 municipalities. Within an hour of the convention's opening George C Childress submitted a proposed Texas Declaration of Independence which passed overwhelmingly on March 2 on March 6 hours after the Alamo had fallen Travis's final dispatch arrived His distress was evident; delegate Robert Potter immediately moved that the convention be adjourned and all delegates join the army. Houston convinced the delegates to remain and then left to take charge of the army With the backing of the Convention Houston was now commander-in-chief of all regular volunteer and militia forces in Texas, Greenhouse gases In 1999 the Houston-based Enron Corporation began construction of a 40-floor skyscraper Designed by Cesar Pelli & Associates and Kendall/Heaton Associates and completed in 2002 the building was originally known as the Enron Center the company collapsed in a well-publicized manner in 2001 and the building became officially known by its address 1500 Louisiana Street! 16.1 Surveys Houston Texas Business Directory, Main article: Geography of Texas Public School Lunch The Commerce Towers originally developed as an office building in 1928 by Houston businessman Jesse H Jones has been converted into condominiums in addition many old office buildings and warehouses surrounding downtown have been recently converted to lofts the Humble Towers Lofts built in 1921 was originally the headquarters for Humble Oil the Beaconsfield Lofts are registered with the US Interior Department's National Register of Historic Places. A page (folio 67) depicting indigenous Mexican warriors in the Codex Mendoza Collegiate athletics have deep significance in Texas culture especially football the state has twelve Division I-FBS schools the most in the nation Four of the state's universities the Baylor Bears Texas Longhorns TCU Horned Frogs and Texas Tech Red Raiders compete in the Big 12 Conference the Texas A&M Aggies left the Big 12 and joined the Southeastern Conference in 2012 which led the Big 12 to invite TCU to join; TCU was previously in the Mountain West Conference the Houston Cougars and the SMU Mustangs compete in the American Athletic Conference the Texas State Bobcats and the UT Arlington Mavericks compete in the Sun Belt Conference Four of the state's schools claim at least one national championship in football: the Texas Longhorns the Texas A&M Aggies the TCU Horned Frogs and the SMU Mustangs.
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