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Not long after the explosion and the other accidents at Texas City in 2005, however, BP's image in the U.S. was further tarnished by the near-sinking of the semi-submersible oil platform Thunder Horse PDQ in July of the same year [167] and, more crucially, in March 2006 when an oil pipeline spill was discovered in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, while ...
See live map of Texas road conditions, closures as state sees freezing temps, rain. Gannett. Sarah Ann Dueñas, Austin American-Statesman. January 15, 2024 at 7:19 AM.
Hurricane Beryl landing on Texas coast has caused several road closures and delays in the Houston area and beyond. More than 1 million customers have lost power within hours of Beryl's landfall ...
Map of Texas City. Texas City is 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Galveston and 37 miles (60 km) southeast of Houston. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 186.58 square miles (483.24 km 2), of which 66.27 square miles (171.64 km 2) is land and 120.31 square miles (311.60 km 2), or 67.61%, is covered by water. [1]
The city of Houston changed to a commission form of government. In November 1915, a newly passed city ordinance officially abolished the wards. [2] On city maps, the wards continued to be used as geographic reference points until 1928. After 1928 other landmarks such as Memorial Park and River Oaks appeared in place of the wards as reference ...
The Reel Inn, one of the Pacific Coast Highway's most iconic landmarks, burned in the fires, according to a GoFundMe page shared by the restaurant's social media and its owners.
In 1889, following serious bouts of violence in the city, officials shut down many of the activities that were deemed as most directly contributing to the violence. [7] By the start of the 20th century, the Acre's popularity as a destination for out-of-town visitors had diminished dramatically. [ 3 ]
Godley is a city in northwestern Johnson County, Texas, United States, in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It is on Texas State Highway 171, Farm Roads 2331 and 917, and the tracks of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway northwest of Cleburne. The population was 1,450 in 2020, up from 1,009 in 2010. [4]