September 8-9th 1900 | The Great Storm | Galveston, Texas
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Through the darkening skies and dropping barometers. Word was spreading through Galveston that there could be a storm in the Gulf, but the chances that it was severe or would strike Galveston were slim according to the National Weather Bureau and the experience of many Galvestonians. No one knew it yet. By the next morning, the island would be transformed into an inconceivable, soggy and splintered wasteland. The grand island city, the queen jewel of the south, the wall street of the Southwest was to experience the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. History. What were the hours leading up to this disaster like? What were Galvestonians to do during the storm to survive?
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