wrt 33 L/R, I was flying into IAH November 15, a day of extremely high winds from the north/northwest. Because planes were using 33 L/R to both take off and land things were quite backed up and after holding south of San Antonio for about 45 minutes we went to Austin to re-fuel and wait for an arrivial slot to open up. While in Austin I was talking to the pilot who said he was going to have to check his log book, but thought that he had probably not landed on 33 L/R in about 10 years. It is indeed rare to use that configuration to land.