...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS
MORNING...
* WHAT...Northeast winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt and
choppy waters.
* WHERE...Albemarle, Croatan, and Roanoke Sounds and the
Alligator River.
* WHEN...Until 10 AM EDT this morning.
* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
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On January 3, 1962, seven Harris County commissioners, wearing holsters and cowboy hats, stood on a platform above drained swampland south of Houston, Texas. They were there for a groundbreaking, done Texas style. Instead of shovels, the men fired Colt .45 six-shooters into the ground to break the first dirt for a structure that they initially called the Harris County Domed Stadium. It was the brainchild of a mercurial innovator and promoter named Roy Hofheinz.
Hofheinz, born in 1912, had graduated from Rice University, and Houston Law School by the time he was 19. By the age of 24, he was elected a county judge. He was the youngest person ever elected to the Texas House of Representatives, and along the way he ran political campaigns for future president Lyndon B. Johnson. He would also serve as the youngest ever mayor of Houston. After WWII, he pioneered FM radio, and built a network of radio and television stations.
