1.0The Texas Observerhttps://www.texasobserver.orgMichael Stravatohttps://www.texasobserver.org/author/michael-stravato/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="M48PVPFPU8"><a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/the-astrodome/">The Astrodome</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.texasobserver.org/the-astrodome/embed/#?secret=M48PVPFPU8" width="600" height="338" title="“The Astrodome” — The Texas Observer" data-secret="M48PVPFPU8" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Houston, 2005 “I don’t know these two men’s story because they declined to tell it. But the sudden joy in their faces as they spun around embracing in the center of the floor of the Astrodome, surrounded by others fleeing the Hurricane Katrina-flooded city of New Orleans, tells a whole lifetime of stories. This was […]https://www.texasobserver.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/about-the-texas-observer.jpg740402