[eastforker]

One thing the article does not point out is that the prevailing wind in this part of Texas most of the time is out of the west, south or north and would keep most of a gas release in less populated areas.We do get the occasional east or south easterly breezes but not all that often.

[Diddle E. Squat]

One thing the article does not point out is that the prevailing wind in this part of Texas most of the time is out of the west, south or north and would keep most of a gas release in less populated areas.We do get the occasional east or south easterly breezes but not all that often.

Wrong.

Houston... Prevailing winds are from the southeast and south, except in January, when frequent passages of high pressure areas bring invasions of polar air and prevailing northerly winds.