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8.1 Migration Friendswood (mostly in Galveston County) School Trustee At-Large Pos 7 Don Sumner Republican El Paso founded by Spanish settlers in 1659. 34 Enbridge Energy Partners 309 See also: List of films set in Houston Yalta Conference held in February 1945 with Winston Churchill Franklin D Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin. 19 Waste Management 196 Constable Precinct 3 Sherman Eagleton Democratic As of 2014 Census estimates Harris County had a population of 4,441,370 people, Bunker Hill Village Axis attack on the Soviet Union (1941)! . . Autumn Houston first started shipping cotton lumber and other manufacturing products Alexander McGowen established the iron industry and Tom Whitmarsh built a cotton warehouse a fire ravaged Houston on March 10 1859 but the city rebuilt itself soon after.[citation needed], During its recent history Houston has flooded several times from heavy rainfall which has been becoming increasingly common. This has been exacerbated by a lack of zoning laws which allowed unregulated building of residential homes and other structures in flood-prone areas. During the floods in 2015 and 2016 each of which dropped at least a foot of rain parts of the city were covered in several inches of water. Even worse flooding happened in late August 2017 when Hurricane Harvey stalled over southeastern Texas much like Tropical Storm Allison did sixteen years earlier causing severe flooding in the Houston area with some areas receiving over 50 inches (1,300 mm) of rain the rainfall exceeded 50 inches in several areas locally breaking the national record for rainfall the damage for the Houston area is estimated at up to $125 billion U.S dollars and it is considered to be one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the United States with the death toll exceeding 70 people on January 31 2018 the Houston City Council agreed to forgive large water bills thousands of households faced in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey as Houston Public Works found 6,362 homeowners' water utility bills had at least doubled. .

7.4 Religion 6 Carol Alvarado Democratic 2013 Houston Ship Channel eastern portions of Houston Jacinto City Galena Park northern Pasadena western portion of Baytown. (15.7) 63.6 10.6 Medical research 1900 Galveston Horace Chilton born near Tyler Smith County. In June 2001 Tropical Storm Allison dumped up to 40 inches (1,000 mm) of rain on parts of Houston causing what was then the worst flooding in the city's history the storm cost billions of dollars in damage and killed 20 people in Texas by December of the same year Houston-based energy company Enron collapsed into the largest U.S bankruptcy (at that time) a result of being investigated for off-the-books partnerships which were allegedly used to hide debt and inflate profits the company lost no less than $70 billion, 7.2 Colleges and universities 16.5 Business labor and economics Rice University - Sally Port. As a seafaring people in the south-westernmost region of Europe the Portuguese became natural leaders of exploration during the Middle Ages Faced with the options of either accessing other European markets by sea by exploiting its seafaring prowess or by land and facing the task of crossing Castile and Aragon territory it is not surprising that goods were sent via the sea to England Flanders Italy and the Hanseatic league towns.[citation needed], 1943 1944 1945 onwards, Black or African American 25.7% 25.3% 28.1% 25.7%. Language A significant number of East Texas youth participate in Little League Baseball soccer and softball Church leagues are quite common in providing opportunities for basketball and softball for youth and adults alike in recent years cowboy churches have grown in number and offer rodeo events for their youth. . Cities In January 2010 Annise Parker became the first openly gay mayor of a large American city upon her inauguration as Houston's mayor. By 1912 Houston was home to twenty-five "tall buildings" ranging from six to sixteen stories Office buildings extant in 1912 include the eleven-story Scanlan Building the marble-clad South Texas National Bank Building the eight-story First National Bank Building the twelve-story Union National Bank the ten-story Houston Chronicle Building and the Southwestern Telephone Company Building the sixteen-story Carter Building was the tallest in Houston There were two major passenger train facilities Union Station and Grand Central Station Residential buildings included the Beaconsfield apartments Rossonian apartments the Savoy flats and the Hotel Bender Under construction in 1912 was the Rice Hotel.