Hurricane Of The 1900s: Significant Social Effects On Galveston

At that time, Galveston had been competing with Houston in the race to become the most successful town in all of Texas. However, one of the main barriers

One way the Galveston Hurricane affected the economy of Galveston was through widespread destruction of infrastructure and property, resulting in significant economic losses for Galveston and the

Tamara Lee 2301-702 April 30, 2017 David G. McComb, Galveston: A History, 1986 The University of Texas Press, Austin. Texas. Galveston A History was written by author David G. McComb and published on January 1st 1986.

This story will reflect urbanization in Galveston around the time of the storm. It will show us how pride and too much confidence in technology cost the people of Galveston many lives lost and countless damaged done to their town. Poor judgement and lack

Galveston David G. McComb is a historian who focuses primarily upon the history of Texas and regions there within. He was born in Houston, Texas and spent virtually all of his childhood there. Periodically, he made trips to Galveston with his Boy Scout troop, his family, and with his friends—today it is a popular local tourist location. McComb attained a bachelor’s and then a Ph.D. in History, and began teaching history at the University of Houston. Currently, he is a professor emeritus of history at Colorado State University.

The hurricane had a huge impact on a lot of things. Farms

The storm flooded whole streets in the suburban areas, shutdown subway lines, left millions of homes without power for weeks, closed major airports, and resulted in the evacuation of over 370,000 people in the city (Dolnick NYTimes). Experts believe that the storm also created mini-tornadoes causing even more untold damage that totaled to 15.8 million dollars in damages (Dolnick NYTimes). This storm, that stuck about one year before Sandy, was many New Yorkers’ first experience of a storm that violent. When Irene made contact with New York, it was downgraded to a tropical storm, not a hurricane. This storm is important because it resulted in many policy changes in New York’s legislation in terms of storm preparation and preparedness.

This gave the U.S. California, New Mexico, Texas, and also other portions of the American Southwest. A little bit before the end of the war was when the Gold Rush started in California which would lead to more population as well as change in the economy. Another aspect to mention was the debate between slave states and free states. California was admitted as a free state and it was also decided that Congress wouldn’t make the decisions anymore about states being free or slave states. This would lead to even more division among the expanding

Social determinants have become an influential component of innovation within traditional areas of research, from overall health of communities to disaster management. Starting in the 1980’s, researchers began to understand that social contexts, both micro and macro, have a significant impact on both individuals and the community as a whole when discussing response and resilience to disasters. After the chaos of Hurricane Katrina, after the sheer difference of separate populations ability to cope during the disaster area came to light, researchers began to elucidate the social factors which affect disaster response and ways to assess those for future disasters. The three largest areas of concerns that should be considered are social stratification and class, race and

More than 8,000 people died in the disaster. Luckily, on top of all of that danger there is another one about a mom who just moved to Galveston and then was pregnant and got drawn into the hurricane and then launched into the top of a cottage, in all of that worry luckily she survived the hit and then had the newborn a couple weeks after the disaster hit. In conclusion, the Galveston hurricane attack was a horrible thing. Thankfully, now the workers and people in Galveston, Texas are trying to keep the disaster

Another effect that the Great Flood had was a political and social effect. This was caused because of how the African Americans were treated in the relief efforts after the flood. In the aftermath, authorities were all rigorously chastised for favoring the white population over the black in the rescue and relief efforts. Thousand of African American plantation workers were forced to work in atrocious conditions. As the waters rose, they were left stranded without food or water while white women and children were toted away to safety.

The citizens were frustrated the city could not take care of them. (Soergel). The citizens of New Orleans felt unsafe due to lack of protection. Theft was a big problem because there were not enough police officers.

history in terms of loss of life. Galveston,First visited by French and Spanish explorers in the 16th and 17th centuries, is located on Galveston Island, a 29-mile strip of land about two miles off the Texas coast and about 50 miles southeast of Houston. The city, which was named in the late 18th century for the Spanish governor of Louisiana, Bernardo de Galvez (1746-86), was incorporated in 1839 and is linked to the mainland by bridges and causeways. Galveston is a commercial shipping port and, with its warm weather and miles of beaches, has also long been a popular resort.the good thing about the hurricanes, it gave water to plants and to let people start over to move and have a fresh start with their new life where ever it will be to keep their life safe and move to another state and probably some like Arizona. the poor would start over and get a job.wind speed of 143 mph Hurricane,Affected areas: Atlantic Canada, Puerto Rico, Nebraska, Michigan and more.

On August 29, 2005, a category five hurricane, named Hurricane Katrina struck the city of New Orleans and destroyed everything in its path. As all the other residents of New Orleans, I was one of the people who experienced this horrible disaster. No one ever predicts that this kind of thing will ever happen to them. Everyone has their story about what happened to them during Hurricane Katrina, but I am going to tell you about my experience and how to affected my life.

Dr.Cline began to become terrified of what the storm was becoming capable of and began warning Galveston residence. But it was too late, very few got out of the city in time. The wind blew the water out of Galveston bay and into the city itself. In effect, the storm 's trajectory made galveston the victim of two storm surges , the first in the bay, and the second from the Gulf. Many men and women began furiously chopping holes in their parlor floors to hopefully admit water and to anchor their homes in place.