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Straight-line wind damage inflicted transmission towers in Houston, Texas. As the derecho moved through the Greater Houston area, it produced wind gusts of up to 100 mph (161 km/h) in Downtown Houston. [2] The derecho was considered the worst damaging wind event to affect Houston in nearly 25 years.
A peak wind gust of 97 mph (156 km/h) is recorded near Freeport, with William P. Hobby Airport and George Bush Intercontinental Airport gusting to as high as 84 mph (135 km/h) and 83 mph (134 km/h), respectively. [183] Strong winds in the Houston area topple at least ten transmission towers and fell trees onto power lines.
Greensheet is a local community newspaper based in Houston, Texas, with local offices in Houston and Dallas, Texas. The newspaper was founded in March 1970. Greensheet currently has 19 print editions in Texas. 12 in Houston, Texas; 7 in Dallas, Texas and Fort Worth, Texas. Greensheet also provides an online marketplace offering free classified ...
Nine deaths in Texas result from Audrey, seven of which are attributed to the sinking of a fishing boat offshore of Galveston. Damages from Hurricane Audrey in Texas amount to $8 million. [1] August 10, 1957 – Tropical Storm Bertha makes landfall near the Texas–Louisiana border as a strong tropical storm with winds of 70 mph (110 km/h). [19]
The Lone Star Wind Farm in Shackelford and Callahan Counties in Texas was officially opened by EDP Renewables North America in June 2008, with an installed generating capacity of 400 MW. The site's 200 Gamesa 2 MW wind turbines produce enough electricity for at least 120,000 homes, with environmental benefits claimed to be equivalent to taking ...
Gulf Wind first generated electricity for the Texas power grid in November 2008, [4] with all turbines expected operational by September 2010. [5] Gulf Wind's former owner Babcock & Brown sold the development rights to Pattern Energy in 2009. [6] [4] In 2021 Pattern Energy replaced its Mitsubishi [7] 2.4 MW turbines with Siemens Gamesa SWT-2.3 ...
The power is sold to Direct Energy Texas under a 15-year power purchase agreement. [2] Buffalo Gap 2 is a 232.5 MW expansion consisting of 155 GE SLE 1.5 MW wind turbines. The facility was developed by AES Wind Generation and went into commercial operation in June 2007. The power is sold to Direct Energy under a 10-year power purchase agreement ...
Also on September 11, at 8:19 p.m. , the National Weather Service in Houston/Galveston, TX issued a strongly worded bulletin, regarding storm surge along the shoreline of Galveston Bay. The bulletin advised residents living in single-family homes in some parts of coastal Texas may face "certain death" if they do not heed orders to evacuate. [21]