. In 1950 the availability of air conditioning provided impetus for many companies to relocate to Houston where wages were lower than those in the North; this resulted in an economic boom and produced a key shift in the city's economy toward the energy sector. Tennis In June 1979 the Ixtoc I oil platform in the Bay of Campeche suffered a blowout leading to a catastrophic explosion which resulted in a massive oil spill that continued for nine months before the well was finally capped This was ranked as the largest oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico until the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, Fishing boats in Biloxi Sleet and freezing rain are more common than snow in the Houston area While accumulating snow events are rare in Houston brief snow flurries occur every winter in the greater Houston area These usually have no impacts on travel as they are light brief and isolated Hail can accumulate but only in small quantities.
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