08-07-2021-1340 - Galveston Hurricane 1900 - Goodbye Texas in Wonderland you can have your red cross too

08-07-2021-1340 - Galveston Hurricane 1900 - Goodbye Texas in Wonderland you can have your red cross too

The Great Galveston hurricane,^[1] known regionally as the Great Storm of 1900,^[2][3] was the deadliest natural disaster in United States history and the fifth-deadliest Atlantic hurricane overall. The hurricane left between 6,000 and 12,000 fatalities in the United States; the number most cited in official reports is 8,000. Most of these deaths occurred in and near Galveston, Texas, after storm surge inundated the coastline with 8 to 12 ft (2.4 to 3.7 m) of water. In addition to the number killed, the storm destroyed about 7,000 buildings of all uses in Galveston, which included 3,636 demolished homes; every dwelling in the city suffered some degree of damage. The hurricane left approximately 10,000 people in the city homeless, out of a total population of fewer than 38,000. The disaster ended the Golden Era of Galveston, as the hurricane alarmed potential investors, who turned to Houston instead. In response to the storm, three engineers designed and oversaw plans to raise the Gulf of Mexico shoreline of Galveston island by 17 ft (5.2 m) and erect a 10 mi (16 km) seawall.

Formed	August 27, 1900
Dissipated	September 15, 1900
(Extratropical after September 13, 1900)
Highest winds	1-minute sustained: 145 mph (230 km/h)
Lowest pressure	936 mbar (hPa); 27.64 inHg
Fatalities	6,000–12,000  (Deadliest in U.S. history; fourth-deadliest Atlantic hurricane)

A quarter of a century earlier, the nearby town of Indianola on Matagorda Bay was undergoing its own boom.^[23] Then in 1875, a powerful hurricane blew through, nearly destroying the town. Indianola was rebuilt,^[24] though a second hurricane in 1886 caused most of the town's residents to move elsewhere.^[25] Many Galveston residents took the destruction of Indianola as an object lesson on the threat posed by hurricanes. Galveston is built on a low, flat island, little more than a large sandbar along the Gulf Coast. These residents proposed a seawall be constructed to protect the city, but the majority of the population and the city's government dismissed their concerns.^[26] Cline further argued in his 1891 article in the Galveston Daily News that a seawall was not needed due to his belief that a strong hurricane would not strike the island. As a result, the seawall was not built, and development activities on the island actively increased its vulnerability to storms. Sand dunes along the shore were cut down to fill low areas in the city, removing what little barrier there was to the Gulf of Mexico.^[26]

Deadliest United States hurricanes

Rank	Hurricane	Season	Fatalities
1	"Galveston"	1900	8,000–12,000
2	"San Ciriaco"	1899	3,400
3	Maria	2017	2,982*
4	"Okeechobee"	1928	2,823
5	"Cheniere Caminada"	1893	2,000
6	Katrina	2005	1,200
7	"Sea Islands"	1893	1,000–2,000
8	"Indianola"	1875	771
9	"Florida Keys"	1919	745
10	"Georgia"	1881	700
Reference: Deadliest US hurricanes[40][41]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900_Galveston_hurricane

Deadliest Canada hurricanes

Rank	Hurricane	Season	Fatalities
1	"Newfoundland (1)"	1775	4,000–4,163†
2	"Nova Scotia (1)"	1873	600†
3	"Nova Scotia (3)"	1927	173–192†
4	"Labrador"	1882	140
5	Hazel	1954	81
6	"Newfoundland (2)"	1883	80
7	"Nova Scotia (2)"	1926	55–58†
8	"Galveston"	1900	52–232†
9	"Newfoundland (3)"	1935	50†
10	"Saxby Gale"	1869	37+
† – estimated total References: Deadliest Atlantic Hurricanes 1492–1994.[117]

It was one of those monstrosities of nature which defied exaggeration and fiendishly laughed at all tame attempts of words to picture the scene it had prepared. The churches, the great business houses, the elegant residences of the cultured and opulent, the modest little homes of laborers of a city of nearly forty thousand people; the center of foreign shipping and railroad traffic lay in splinters and debris piled twenty feet above the surface, and the crushed bodies, dead and dying, of nearly ten thousand of its citizens lay under them.

Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, after viewing the destruction in Galveston^[71]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900_Galveston_hurricane

The government agency is predicting a 60% chance of an above-normal 2021 hurricane season; a 30% chance of it being near-normal; and a 10% chance of it being below-normal.Jun
https://www.khou.com/article/weather/hurricane/hurricane-season-2021-will-be-above-average-but-what-does-that-mean/285-d621f535-b4d9-4431-8719-5c5fb98b62bd

Was Galveston hit by the hurricane 2020?

Although the storm didn't hit Galveston directly, the strong waves and high tides wiped out many dunes and eroded areas of the beach. Residents woke up after Hurricane Laura to sand washed onto the roads. And Tropical Storm Beta is causing more damage, Mohn said.

https://www.galvnews.com/news/free/article_42ac7250-9288-5769-bc8e-f557644c8e0f.html