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  1. Your data appears to be incorrect. There were 319 burglaries in the Heights police beat during 2011. That increased to 266 in 2012, a 14.7% increase (nowhere near double). Almost all of that increase occurred during January 2012, when approximately 60 burglaries were committed. The burglary rate has plummeted in 2013, from 30.5 per month to 22 per month, a 27.9% DECREASE. Burglaries overall increased for a 4 month period from October 2011 to January 2012. Otherwise, they have stayed in the 20 per month range.

     

     

  2. Much of the real estate beneath the elevated freeways is being used as parking lots. This frees up unencumbered land for buildings. The Pierce Elevated also provides nice shade on a hot day. I enjoyed resting under it while cycling today. Considering the number of posters who advocate for elevated rail lines, I don't see the problem with an elevated freeway. If one is not a problem, neither is the other.

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  3. Today marks the 30th anniversary of Hurricane Alicia, the storm that snuck up on Houston.

     

    http://www.weather.com/news/weather-hurricanes/sudden-hurricanes-surprise-tropical-storms-alicia-allison-humberto-20130814

     

     

    Alicia was born as a tropical depression Aug. 15, 1983, over the north-central Gulf of Mexico just 125 miles south of Port Fourchon, La. It tracked west and steadily gained intensity, becoming a hurricane just 36 hours later, and a major hurricane with 115-mile-per-hour winds early on the morning of Aug.18, just 66 hours (2 3/4 days) after forming.

    By that point, it was already bearing down on the upper Texas coast, slamming onshore just a few hours later. Windows shattered in Houston skyscrapers as gravel from roofs flew through the air. Galveston reported a 98-mph wind gust along with nine feet of storm surge on the Gulf side of the island. Twenty-three tornadoes touched down as Alicia pushed inland.

     

    Alicia was born in the time that hurricanes were still excuses to party. Weather Channel did not exist. We did not get 24 hour wall to wall terror from weather reporters back then. One day, we wake up and go to work, and a hurricane is coming. The next day, it is a Cat 3. We worked a full day, got off at 5, went to the store and loaded up on beer and Doritos, and headed home to party with the hot UH coeds from the apartment next door.

     

    Alicia hit in the middle of the night, waking me and the coeds (my roomie was a nerd, so both girls wanted to stay with me instead). The winds were so strong that you could feel the walls move in and out from the gusts blowing against them. Power went out everywhere, but for some reason, our apartment stayed lit. We watched the major networks cover the storm. It looked worse on TV than at our apartment.

     

    In the middle of the morning, the eye passed over us. It was strange seeing blue sky, knowing that the storm would return soon. The freaky part was all of the birds trapped in the eye...thousands of them. They flew along with the eye as the stormwall was ferocious.

     

    After the storm passed, we jumped in my Toyota 4x4 to inspect the damage. Stoplights were blown away or the poles blown backward. We found a bar on Washington that was open. It is still a bar to this day, The Dubliner, or something. There were trees and power lines down. We got to downtown, but it was on lockdown, due to the shards of glass falling from the skyscrapers. After Alicia, skyscrapers never used pebbles on their roofs again, as those pebbles became BBs during the storm.

     

    Nowadays, hurricanes are scary creatures. Whether it is the media overstating the danger, or the fact that now I am a homeowner, I would just as soon most hurricanes pass me by. But, I'll never forget my favorite storm Alicia.

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  4. We all know Houston is doing great right now. Everyone knows. That sig of yours is only good for inviting unnecessary hostility. To the first time reader your sig says "I am a bitter, immature, uniformed person who never learned how to read or write".

     

    Now relax, it's just the internet.

     

    Weird, that is what his sig says to us longtime posters, as well.

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  5. paste the link into a google search box.  Then click on the first search result.

     

    Actually, what you have to do is open the link, then copy the HEADLINE of the article. Then paste taht headline into google search. Click on the first result and you should get the entire article. Houston19514 simply mistyped link for headline.

  6. The original brick, before they ransacked it in the 60's, probably was more durable than a textured faux brick facade over backer board. Unfortunately it was damaged beyond repair.

    Hey folks, I'm not attacking the redevelopers, who apparently you are related to or have some other emotional tie. Obviously the old brick was too damaged to look good. Just disappointing that the city's first skyscraper has to end up getting dressed in faux brick.

     

    It seem you can only dish your sarcasm in one direction. Remind me to make a note of that. FWIW, the brick is not faux. It is actual brick that is sliced thin. But, you probably knew that already too, didn't you?

     

    On standby for further pissy remarks...

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  7. a·tro·cious  

    /əˈtrōSHəs/

     

    Adjective

    1. Horrifyingly wicked: "atrocious cruelties".

    Of a very poor quality; extremely bad or unpleasant: "atrocious weather".

     

     

    Synonyms

    horrible - ferocious - cruel - brutal - terrible

     

     

    HaHa! I am not laughing at you, but your mistake did give me a good laugh.     :D

     

    And, I agree that the vegetation looks wonderful.
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  8. I agree, let's put the HAHC to an honest vote.

     

     

    He will NEVER agree to that. He will mumble something about already having a fair chance, but ignores that the mayor intentionally left out an opt out mechanism. If there were an ounce of integrity to his words, he'd agree and support an opt out provision.

     

    Watch him squirm.

  9. It is simply idiotic to claim to be a preservationist just because you put money into your own house but see no problem with 200+ historic homes getting demoed every year and getting replaced with a cacophony of architectural styles from cheap fake creole boxes to suburban transplants to mission and all the way out to modern minimalism.

     

    For those wondering what my quote referred to, here it is in all of its run-on glory.

  10. It is also really idiotic to continually rely on ad hominem attacks instead of trying to contribute intelligently to what could be an interesting discussion.  I am here and am not going anywhere.  If you do not like it that someone has an opposing view point to you, that is very childish.  Man up and contribute to the discussion instead of always saying "that guy is dumb, just ignore him".

     

    Heh heh. I was responding to one of your quotes. If mine is ad hominem, then yours was as well. 

     

    There is nothing more to debate here. You think it is perfectly acceptable to have government commandeer people's homes in order to force us to renovate them in a style and manner of your choosing. I find that level of government intrusion to be absolutely unacceptable, and further, will actively seek to limit that government intrusion. Whatever internet labeling meme you wish to call it, doesn't change my...and most Heights residents'...view of this ordinance and your opinions on it. You made your opinions clear. They are unacceptable to supporters of a free society. No more debate is necessary to ferret out your overly restrictive and hypocritical views.

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