6 Speech patterns Black-and-white drawing of a man shown from mid-chest up He is wearing a military jacket with a high collar. Encroachment The Harris County Jail Complex of the Harris County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) is the largest in Texas and one of the largest in the nation in July 2012 the facility held 9,113 prisoners to handle overcrowding in the facility the county had to ship inmates to other counties and some are housed out of the state. (33.7) 89.1 Major highways Pearland (mostly in Brazoria County and a small part in Fort Bend County) Montgomery (north) Groundwater Most major belligerents attempted to solve the problems of complexity and security involved in using large codebooks for cryptography by designing ciphering machines the most well known being the German Enigma machine. Development of SIGINT (signals intelligence) and cryptanalysis enabled the countering process of decryption Notable examples were the Allied decryption of Japanese naval codes and British Ultra a pioneering method for decoding Enigma benefiting from information given to the United Kingdom by the Polish Cipher Bureau which had been decoding early versions of Enigma before the war. Another aspect of military intelligence was the use of deception which the Allies used to great effect such as in operations Mincemeat and Bodyguard! Main article: 1950s Texas drought, The city of Houston was founded by land speculators on August 30 1836 at the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and White Oak Bayou (a point now known as Allen's Landing) and incorporated as a city on June 5 1837 the city is named after former General Sam Houston who was president of the Republic of Texas and had won Texas' independence from Mexico at the Battle of San Jacinto 25 miles (40 km) east of Allen's Landing. After briefly serving as the capital of the Texas Republic in the late 1830s Houston grew steadily into a regional trading center for the remainder of the 19th century. In the county the population was distributed as 29.00% under the age of 18 10.3% from 18 to 24 33.4% from 25 to 44 19.8% from 45 to 64 and 7.4% who were 65 years of age or older the median age was 31 years for every 100 females there were 99.2 males for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 97.0 males, Houston has introduced many programs since the 2000 federal order to reduce air pollution in the city.[citation needed] the most notable project was the METRORail light rail system constructed in 2004 the light rail system was designed to encourage Houstonians to utilize public transportation instead of their automobiles, The Houston Airport System a branch of the municipal government oversees the operation of three major public airports in the city Two of these airports George Bush Intercontinental Airport and William P Hobby Airport offer commercial aviation service to a variety of domestic and international destinations and served 55 million passengers in 2016 the third Ellington Airport is home to the Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base the Federal Aviation Administration and the state of Texas selected the Houston Airport System as "Airport of the Year" in 2005 largely due to the implementation of a $3.1 billion airport improvement program for both major airports in Houston; . French 0.25% Thunderstorms strike Texas often especially the eastern and northern portions of the state Tornado Alley covers the northern section of Texas the state experiences the most tornadoes in the United States an average of 139 a year These strike most frequently in North Texas and the Panhandle. Tornadoes in Texas generally occur in the months of April May and June; In 1869 the Ship Channel Company was formed to deepen Buffalo Bayou and improve Houston as a shipping port Despite the postwar social unrest migrants flocked to Texas for new opportunities Texas businessmen joined together to expand the railroad network which contributed to Houston's primacy in the state and the development of Dallas Fort Worth San Antonio and El Paso, Public opinion in Texas was divided. Editorials in the United States began advocating complete independence for Texas. After several men staged a minor revolt against customs duties in Anahuac in June local leaders began calling for a public meeting to determine whether a majority of settlers favored independence a return to federalism or the status quo Although some leaders worried that Mexican officials would see this type of gathering as a step towards revolution by the end of August most communities had agreed to send delegates to the Consultation scheduled for October 15, 6.2 Republic of Texas 1 Chronology The Woodlands (mostly in Montgomery County).
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