It struck the bustling city of Galveston, Texas, on September 8, 1900, forever changing its landscape and history. With winds reaching up to 140 miles per hour, this Category 4 storm claimed the lives ...
The Weather Bureau chief in charge of Cuba “saw conspiracies everywhere,” wrote Erik Larson in his 2000 book "Isaac’s Storm," which chronicles the lead-up to the 1900 Galveston hurricane and ...
The lack of data about storms can be fatal. The Great Galveston hurricane of 1900 took around 12,000 lives. It might have had a better outcome, but forecasters missed where the storm was heading ...
policies, and people. “Hurricane Season” host Andrew Schneider starts with the Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900.