A look back at the devastating 1900 Galveston hurricane

An estimated 12,000 lost their lives in the deadliest natural disaster in American history

[petergriffin]

“The next Katrina or Andrew could be brewing any day now” as a harvey survivor, that was like a warning to Texas

[GlenJ]

My Great Grandaunt, Mary Jane Heinman ( married name Popular ) died during that storm, along with her husband and four of her 8 children. The surviving children had to live with this nightmare for the rest of their lives. My Grandmother was in her early 20's living on Galveston when the storm struck. She was single. I remember my parents giving me strict orders not to ask her about the storm. She must of suffered emotionally all her life. Mary Jane was her aunt.

[TXSugarMagnolia]

The spirit of Galveston is the spirit of Texas.

[ShinythingsI]

I loved going to the Grand Opera House on field trips. The houses that survived are breathtaking.
With the right amount of rain you can see coffins from the cemetery come out the ground.

[justinleck]

I’ve been to Galveston twice as a Texan. There’s a strange permanent silence that haunts that island. The Flagship is a hotel I’ll never forget.

[Jozwiakc]

This is insane that im 20 years old and ive never once heard of this till today. The american school system has failed us miserably.

[calebbrock]

Read Isaac's Storm. It talks about the meteorologists who thought it was impossible for a major hurricane to hit Galveston and assured everyone that it couldn't happen. I'm a meteorology student in college so I might enjoy that book more than a lot of people, but I'd really recommend it if you want to learn more about the hurricane.

[sleepytree]

I was raised in Houston and Galveston was always a good place to spend a week end.

[nevadaffis]

My daddy lived through this storm, at 4 years old, he was strapped to his mothers back. They were in the 3rd story attic, when the water finally subsided.

[dirtwhisperer]

My wife and I sat in our house thru a SMALL hurricane that hit Pascagoula MS back in the late 90's. Hurricane George. Water blew into the attic and ran down the outside walls and i sat in the living room by candlelight and watched the drywall fall off around the windows. I could see bare wood. It blew the whirly vent off the roof too and water poured into the attic and the drywall fell off the ceiling in one of the bedrooms. It did a lot of other damage to the house on the outside but we were ok. I can't imagine a hurricane like this one all of a sudden and you are stuck in your house. Wow.

[mistervacation]

The sea was angry that day my friends, like an old man trying to return soup at a deli.

[novadowdell]

It’s weird that he said hurricane season is over and then Harvey

[coopa_troopa]

My family owns a beach house in Galveston built in 1886. It is in the middle of the island, so it wasn't impacted the most, but it still survived a lot of damage. It is still in good shape and we have remodeled the kitchen and some of the rooms are still mostly original. We are currently renting it out. It was also raised up after the hurricane so that also helped when hurricane Ike hit.

[USCG.Brennan]

I was stationed there (USCG) back in '71 and we had 2 Hurricanes come through at that time. Hurricanes "Fern" and "Edith".
NO FUN AT

[bryleighlackey]

anybody watching when hurricane dorian is supposed to hit ?

[coincollector.]

Fun fact: a man warned everyone a storm was coming nobody listened…if you see him as a ghost in Galveston a bad thing will happen

[skimble]

Did you know that during this time, When bodies were there lying in the surface, If not recognized they put the bodies in the ocean.Then the bodies washed up again, And then they burned the bodies in the pyre.(Some bodies are underground so you could be stepping on a grave in Galveston anywhere you go, Even not in a graveyard:)

[cloudy]

i was forced to watch this for a school assignment-

[matriark]

Okay, now I get the saying of everything's bigger in Texas.

[elvisdunbar]

Interesting history I never knew about.