The Great Galveston Hurricane - September 8, 1900

Join Jenny, the Disaster Queen, as she takes a deep dive into a 15-foot storm surge that devastated turn-of-the-century Galveston, Texas. This posh boomtown took a huge hit and never saw it coming, even though one man probably should have. The Galveston hurricane is still the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States 123 years later and saw over 1/6 of the city's population go to their graves. We will talk about the how, the why, and what was learned and put in place to protect Galveston from hurricanes forever.

Here are the resources I used to research this episode:

book: Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson

book: Storm of the Century by Al Roker

documentary: Isaac's Storm

articles:

https://www.galvestonmonthly.com/whoswho/isaac-cline.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Cline

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