";s:4:"text";s:3698:" Hopefully, learning these facts will help you see Galveston in a whole new historical light! The hurricane made landfall at Galveston on September 8, 1900 with storm tides of 8 to 15 feet (2.5 to 4.5 metres) and winds at more than 130 miles (210 km) per hour. After the storm surge of 15.7 feet subsided, Galvestonians left their shelters to find 6,000 of the city's 37,000 residents dead and more than 3,600 buildings totally destroyed. Widespread damage was also documented throughout its path across the Caribbean Sea and the interior United States. #5 The Great Galveston Hurricane was a Category 4 hurricane on the SSHWS. On Sunday morning, clear skies and a 20 mph (30 km/h) breeze off the Gulf of Mexico greeted the Galveston survivors.Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:Very interesting – and tragic. Based on information gathered from utility consumption, school enrollment figures, and the State Demographer's Office, city officials now estimate Galveston's population to be anywhere from 45,000 to 48,000 full-time residents. Although the citizens were warned of an approaching hurricane few heeded the warning. Galveston was home to 57,000 full-time residents before Hurricane Ike made landfall in 2008. 1900 Galveston Hurricane The Facts Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900 Category 4 hurricane (SSHS) Surface weather analysis of the hurricane on September 8, just before landfall. Fun Fact #8
The 1915 Galveston hurricane was a tropical cyclone that caused extensive damage in the Galveston area in August 1915. • 15.7 feet: The height of the storm surge. Galveston Hurricane Fact 1: Dr. Isaac M. Cline, the meteorologist in charge of the local Weather Bureau, lived on Galveston Island sent a telegram to Washington, DC, predicting that a large part of the city was going to be flooded and would cause a major loss of life. Fun Fact #6 The storm started on September 8, 1900 at around 10:00 a.m. Fun Fact #7 When the hurricane happened, in 1900, nobody knew much about hurricanes and thought they weren't much danger. Due to similarities in strength and trajectory, the storm drew comparisons with the deadly 1900 Galveston hurricane. That night, the wind direction shifted to the east, and then to the southeast as the hurricane’s eye began to pass over the island just west of the city. It’s crazy to see how one natural disaster so greatly affected the wealth of the city. Galveston Hurricane Facts and History for kids. Galveston hurricane of 1900, hurricane (tropical cyclone) of September 1900, one of the deadliest natural disasters in U.S. history, claiming more than 5,000 lives. Facts and Figures. Several years ago I read an interview with an elderly man who lived in Cape Cod (Massachusetts) when a Category 3 or 4 hit. After the hurricane, Galveston raised the elevation of many new buildings by more than 10 feet (3 metres). Hundreds died – they had no idea it was approaching because they didn’t have the technology back then to detect them. Before the Great Storm of 1900, Galveston was the 2nd richest city in US. By 5 p.m., the Bureau office was recording sustained hurricane-force winds.