Bonus Episode: The Great Storm of 1900- A Night of Horror
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 เม.ย. 2022
- On September 8, 1900 a monster hurricane slammed into Galveston Island, resulting in the largest natural disaster in American history. In this bonus episode, learn what it was like for the residents of the island as they struggled desperately to survive the storm.
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Very nice work! This is the first video I've watched on your channel and now I'm a new subscriber. I am also a very proud Texan, going back to 1847 with my dad's family coming from Germany to settle in Morgantown. My 5th Great Aunt, Stacy Ann Morgan, has a historical marker there describing her as a lone survivor after her family was massacred by the natives in the area. Allegedly, after everyone was left for dead, she crawled through a field until she found a cow with a bell. She rang it for hours until someone came to her rescue. This story was written into a book given to me for Christmas one year from my Great Aunt. Having such deep roots in this wonderful state of ours has compelled me to continue the research and retelling of stories like these. So I feel a kinship to you and your passion to share your history. Big hugs from Bacliff, Texas. I'm about 20 miles northwest from Galveston. Born and raised in the same home for 50 years, we never have left for a hurricane. Our home had never flooded until Harvey. I don't know if it's like this everywhere, but the resilience of the people who live here and the way we come together and support one another in times of need is what makes me the most proud.
I'm from Texas. I've lived through several hurricanes. I first read about the1900 storm early in middle school. There was a library I would visit on my way home. How terrible for the people here. I started reading 'Issac's Storm' recently. I visited Galveston in the mid 1980's. I gave birth to my daughter there. Galveston is beautiful and she has a great sea wall. She will always be in my heart. Thank you for your video.
Those were some gut wrenching accounts well told. It feels especially tragic if you've experienced a big one. Thank science for giving us days to prepare now for these inevitable monsters.
I emailed you earlier today about major James Kerr. his first grandson, my grandfather Richard Henry Bonham, was a Baptist preacher, who died on Galveston Island the last part of September 1900, from tetanus, while helping recover the bodies and cleanup Galveston Island.
In 1938, a giant hurricane was headed straight for New England. ONE guy at the National Weather Service in Washington knew it was coming and correctly predicted it. Four old fogies told him, "You're nuts. The waters off New England are WAY too cold! A hurricane couldn't POSSIBLY get that far north!" 600 people died because nobody got a warning. (See "New England's Killer Hurricane of 1938.")
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My Dad told some story, of either my Great Great Grandfather, or Great Grandfather going to Galveston after the storm to see the damage. He was conscripted for weeks he told. He just disappeared and nobody heard from him for that time.
He told of dumping bodies for weeks. Loading the stacks of bodies by day, dumping bodies in the ocean by night, and in the morning walking the water front and beaches picking up the parts that washed back to the shore that were not eaten by the fishes and sharks. Crabs and birds feeding on parts and bodies on the beaches. Horror upon horror.
He never went towards the ocean ever again I was told.
it sounded like a hell that never was going to end day after day. I imagine that even the collateral deaths were dealt with the same way as they mounted. It seemed that 10000 is a reasonable number of dead, immediate, and collateral. Even conscripts trying to escape and being shot.
I grew up on Galveston Island. I would love to talk to you about some of the History some time.
Sir Issac's storm a new york times best seller about the great storm of 1900 galveston island texas was a great read & incredible historic page turner : may jesus-christ rest their beligard soul's ,galveston island texas
Sir Issac's storm a new york times best seller about the great storm of 1900 galveston island texas was a great read & incredible historic page turner : may jesus-christ rest their beligard soul's ,galveston island texas