1900 Storm

Adapted from Portal of Texas History. http://education.texashistory.unt.edu/lessons/psa/Galveston1900/ .The last slide contains a a video clip from Unitedstreaming.com, titled “Huuricanes and Humans” with original fil footage from T. Edisondocumenting the destruction following the 1900 storm. This will have to be downloaded for use.

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Map of the Texas & Pacific Railway and Connections 1903

David Rumsey Map Collection

1. Examine the map.What makes Galveston vulnerable to hurricanes?

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1891 Map of North Galveston, Texas David Rumsey Map Collection

2. Study the ad.Whatmakes itlook likea good place to start abusiness?

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3. How werepeoplewarnedabout the hurricane? from Clarence Ousley, Galveston In Nineteen Hundred

This excerpt discusses storm forecasting

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from Clarence Ousley, Galveston In Nineteen

Hundred

From Paul Lester, The Great

Galveston Disaster

Read Cline’s account of

the Hurricane’s arrival

4. How many people were shelteringin the house?What advice were they given?

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5. Besidesthe storm,what otherdangers were there?How did people protectthemselves?

from Clarence Ousley, Galveston In Nineteen Hundred Read Cline’s account

about surviving the storm

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from Clarence Ousley, Galveston In Nineteen Hundred

This excerpt discussesthe hurricane’s cost

6. In allhow manyhomes weretotally destroyed?What wasthe value then? (today=$99.4 billion)

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From Paul Lester, The Great Galveston Disaster

Read about the efforts to dispose of the bodies

7. What wasdone with the ruins and bodies?Whichgroup of peoplesuffered the highest death rate?

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8. Describethe destruction.

From Paul Lester, The Great Galveston Disaster

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St. Mary’sInfirmarywas a hospital.

Read the next slidefor more information.

From Paul Lester, The Great Galveston Disaster

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From Paul Lester, The Great Galveston Disaster

This excerpt discusses a refuge from the storm

9. How manypeoplefoundshelterat St. Mary’sInfirmary?

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Images from the Portal to Texas History Collection “Photographing

Texas”

Galveston Sea Wall constructed in 1902 Memorial marker for 1900 storm

10. How hasGalvestontried toprotect itselffromfuturestorm?

Websites for further information

http://www.1900storm.com/ Primary sources

http://www.therealgalveston.com/1900-Storm.html More facts and figureshttp://www.history.noaa.gov/stories_tales/cline2.html Official report from Isaac Cline.

http://www.galvnews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=c5a624b19a99fd2b Compared with Huuricane Ike.