Railroads Jewish 1, In the 1620s and 1630s the Dutch West India Company established many trade posts or colonies the Spanish silver fleet which carried silver from Spanish colonies to Spain were seized by Piet Heyn in 1628 in 1629 Suriname and Guyana were established.[clarification needed] in 1630 the West India Company conquered part of Brazil and the colony of New Holland (capital Mauritsstad present-day Recife) was founded, 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. These forces were capable of quickly moving long distances allowing a quick return home after battle Wars were mainly between clans expelling intruders on land these wars combined some European methods with techniques from Muslim bandits in Al-Andalus These tactics consisted of small groups who attempted to catch their opponents by surprise through an ambush, As a result of the Obama sweep in 2008 many Democratic candidates in contests for lower-level offices also benefited and many Republican incumbents were replaced by Democrats in the Harris County courthouse Some of the defeated Republican district court judges were later re-appointed to vacant District Court benches by Governor Rick Perry in 2018 Democrats swept the court capturing all 59 seats on the civil criminal family juvenile and probate courts. Texas has 730 airports second-most of any state in the nation Largest in Texas by size and passengers served Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is the second-largest by area in the United States and fourth in the world with 18,076 acres (73.15 km2) in traffic DFW airport is the busiest in the state the fourth busiest in the United States and sixth worldwide. American Airlines Group's American / American Eagle the world's largest airline in total passengers-miles transported and passenger fleet size uses DFW as its largest and main hub it ranks as the largest airline in the United States by number of passengers carried domestically per year and the largest airline in the world by number of passengers carried.Southwest Airlines headquartered in Dallas has its operations at Dallas Love Field. The table below consists of averages for August (generally the warmest month) and January (generally the coldest) in selected cities in various regions of the state El Paso and Amarillo are exceptions with July and December respectively being the warmest and coldest months respectively but with August and January only being narrowly different, Unaffiliated 18 The city has hosted several major professional and college sporting events including the annual Houston Open golf tournament Houston hosts the annual Houston College Classic baseball tournament every February and the Texas Kickoff and Bowl in September and December respectively! ! .
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