Due to the industrial infrastructure in and around Houston natural disasters like Hurricane Harvey have also led to numerous toxic spills and disasters including the 2017 Arkema plant explosion; ! . In the late 1720s the viceroy of New Spain closed the presidio in East Texas and reduced the size of the garrisons at the remaining presidios leaving only 144 soldiers in the entire province With no soldiers to protect them the East Texas missions relocated to San Antonio. Houston Texas Business Directory In 2000 1,961,993 residents of Harris County spoke English only the five largest foreign languages in the county were Spanish or Spanish Creole (1,106,883 speakers) Vietnamese (53,311 speakers) Chinese (33,003 speakers) French including Cajun and Patois (33,003 speakers) and Urdu (14,595 speakers) Among those who spoke other languages 46% of Spanish speakers 37% of Vietnamese speakers 50% of Chinese speakers 85% of French speakers and 72% of Urdu speakers said that they spoke English at least "very well". In addition state-operated charter schools are in the county Charter schools in unincorporated areas include:, Goose Creek CISD Harris County ESD #75 Dual Baytown FD 1% .0875 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.
Main article: Education in Texas Houston Texas Business Directory State of Texas. . North Houston Winter storms Two attached concrete and glass office towers one with an irregular shape Both have uniform horizontal bands of windows alternating with the concrete, Memorial Day storms in 2015 brought flash flooding to the city as some areas received 11 inches or more of rain overnight exacerbated by already full bayous at least three people died and more than 1,000 cars were stranded on highways and overpasses. During the late 20th century the Republican Party replaced the Democratic Party as the dominant party in the state as the latter became more politically liberal and as demographic changes favored the former.
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