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Get off the coast of Texas now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was doing a history search on major hurricanes and this one was a doozy!
The Galveston Hurricane Of 1900
It was so strong it still had tropical storm strength over the state of Oklahoma!
The deadliest hurricane in United States history hit the coast in 1900.
It began as a tropical storm in the central Atlantic on August 27th and followed a path south of Hispaniola. As it moved over Cuba on September 3rd and 4th, it remained a tropical storm. It rapidly intensified through September 5th and 6th and reached hurricane status as it passed just west of Key West, Florida, on the 6th. Reports of high seas, fierce winds and heavy rain were common in the Florida Keys.
The hurricane made an abrupt turn to the west in the eastern Gulf of Mexico on September 6th and began a journey that would lead to the Texas coast. As the hurricane gained speed and intensity, residents of the Louisiana and Texas coastal areas began to prepare for the storm. No one could imagine what was to happen.
Dr. Isaac M. Cline, the meteorologist in charge of the local Weather Bureau, lived on Galveston Island, just off the Texas coast. Cline was aware of a storm out in the Gulf based on previous reports from Florida. Although weather conditions were relatively calm on September 7th, Dr. Cline observed the rough seas and the high waves that seemed to become more ominous by the hour. He sent a telegram to Washington, DC, saying he thought a large part of the city was going to be underwater. He predicted a very heavy loss of life.
Cline took a horse-drawn buggy and rode up and down the beaches, warning residents to seek higher ground. Forty-eight people took shelter in Dr. Cline's house.
As the hurricane approached, the winds grew fierce and the tide rose quickly. Wind gusts of over 120 miles per hour pierced Galveston Island and the seas rose to over 20 feet in height. Thirty-two of the 48 people who took refuge in Cline's house, including his wife, drowned in the storm surge.
The Galveston hurricane was a Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson Scale. Over 6,000 people lost their lives, mostly in the Galveston area. More than thirty-six hundred homes were destroyed and damage was estimated at over $30 million.
The storm maintained tropical storm strength as it tracked up through Oklahoma and Kansas. It then weakened and moved through the Great Lakes, over the St. Lawrence River and back out over the North Atlantic Ocean.
I was doing a history search on major hurricanes and this one was a doozy!
The Galveston Hurricane Of 1900
It was so strong it still had tropical storm strength over the state of Oklahoma!
The deadliest hurricane in United States history hit the coast in 1900.
It began as a tropical storm in the central Atlantic on August 27th and followed a path south of Hispaniola. As it moved over Cuba on September 3rd and 4th, it remained a tropical storm. It rapidly intensified through September 5th and 6th and reached hurricane status as it passed just west of Key West, Florida, on the 6th. Reports of high seas, fierce winds and heavy rain were common in the Florida Keys.
The hurricane made an abrupt turn to the west in the eastern Gulf of Mexico on September 6th and began a journey that would lead to the Texas coast. As the hurricane gained speed and intensity, residents of the Louisiana and Texas coastal areas began to prepare for the storm. No one could imagine what was to happen.
Dr. Isaac M. Cline, the meteorologist in charge of the local Weather Bureau, lived on Galveston Island, just off the Texas coast. Cline was aware of a storm out in the Gulf based on previous reports from Florida. Although weather conditions were relatively calm on September 7th, Dr. Cline observed the rough seas and the high waves that seemed to become more ominous by the hour. He sent a telegram to Washington, DC, saying he thought a large part of the city was going to be underwater. He predicted a very heavy loss of life.
Cline took a horse-drawn buggy and rode up and down the beaches, warning residents to seek higher ground. Forty-eight people took shelter in Dr. Cline's house.
As the hurricane approached, the winds grew fierce and the tide rose quickly. Wind gusts of over 120 miles per hour pierced Galveston Island and the seas rose to over 20 feet in height. Thirty-two of the 48 people who took refuge in Cline's house, including his wife, drowned in the storm surge.
The Galveston hurricane was a Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson Scale. Over 6,000 people lost their lives, mostly in the Galveston area. More than thirty-six hundred homes were destroyed and damage was estimated at over $30 million.
The storm maintained tropical storm strength as it tracked up through Oklahoma and Kansas. It then weakened and moved through the Great Lakes, over the St. Lawrence River and back out over the North Atlantic Ocean.
