_Issac's Storm_, by Erik Larsen, is an excellent account of the storm, turn
of the century forecasting, and the devastation in Galveston.
- tom
On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Jim Johnson <bmwwxman at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Robert Evans <b-evans at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Great Hurricane of 1938 that made
> > landfall as a Category 3, killed up to 800 people and caused damage of
> > $41.1
> > Billion in inflation adjusted dollars.
> >
>
> Peanuts compared to the 1900 Category 4 Galveston hurricane which killed
> over 6,000 and caused damage of over half a Billion in today's dollars.
> --
> Cheers!!
> Jim Johnson
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