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Tropical Storm Erin made landfall in August 2007 with heavy rainfall a total of 9 inches (230 mm) of rain fell elsewhere than George Bush Intercontinental Airport on August 16 and many roads and neighborhoods were flooded Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County Texas halted its light rail and bus services in view of the effects Four deaths in the city were attributed to the storm the Houston Fire Department reported 72 rescue operations, Other black conquistadors include Pedro Fulupo Juan Bardales Antonio Perez and Juan Portugues Pedro Fulupo was a black slave that fought in Costa Rica Juan Bardales was an African slave that fought in Honduras and Panama for his service he was granted manumission and a pension of 50-pesos Antonio Perez was from North Africa and a free black He joined the conquest in Venezuela and was made a captain Juan Portugues fought in the conquests in Venezuela. Houston Texas Business Directory Astrolite the Astrodome's scoreboard during a 1969 Astros game it was the world's first animated scoreboard, As Houston and the rest of the country recovered from the Great Depression art-deco style theaters of the late 1930s were built in many residential neighborhoods across the city in addition to the River Oaks neighborhood movie theaters like the Alabama Tower Capitan and Ritz-Majestic Metro were several of the venues where Houstonians sought entertainment the Alabama serves as a prime example of adaptive reuse the repurposing of architecture considered obsolete in terms of modern usage Opening as a Bookstop bookstore in 1984 after the original theater closed the building was later converted into Houston's first Trader Joe's specialty grocery store in 2012 the grocer took pains to preserve much of the building's original architectural splendor including its original terrazzo-tile front entrance as well as its second-floor balcony. (145) 4.50 Democrats regain control after Reconstruction Developing male cones and needles, Stadia In 2013 Texas passed legislation that requires employees of child-care facilities to have certain vaccinations unless the employee objects for reasons of conscience. Texas has allowed for parents to exempt their children from vaccines by citing medical reasons since 1972 Further Texas has allowed for parents to exempt their children from vaccines on the basis of religious belief since 2003. . . 5.1 2006 earthquake West University Place, Houston's plan to host the 2012 Summer Olympics included renovating the Astrodome for use as a main stadium. Houston became one of the USOC's bid finalists but the organization chose New York City as its candidate city and the Games were ultimately awarded to London by the IOC, Contents Houston has a lively music scene and while it can claim no broad genre as its own it has been fertile ground for the development of niche styles in American blues and Latin music --- a tradition that continues today with a uniquely distinctive regional style emerging in Houston's rap music community. .

. . Harris County ESD #24 Fire Aldine Fire & Rescue .10, The 1910 county courthouse was renovated in the 1950s to update its systems Some residents such as Martin Dreyer a Houston Chronicle reporter were disturbed by modernization of the building saying its character had been ruined in the 21st century the facility received another major renovation Completed in 2011 the $50 million eight-year project was designed to restore notable historic aspects of the courthouse while providing for contemporary communication and building needs, Three-time World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Muhammad Ali fought Cleveland Williams in the Astrodome in November 1966.