The Galveston hurricane occurred in 1900, this was the 2nd most economically effective hurricane in the history of United States hurricanes, with a category 4 ranking, 8,000 casualties, and 3,600 buildings being destroyed it is obvious this would be costly to any city, especially that this time was the peak of Galveston's economy, until the Galveston hurricane. Unfortunately for them this was also one of the first hurricanes in the city so they were unprepared. This hurricane left 10,000 people homeless and it is not the weatherman to blame because people were warned but most ignored. It is reasonable that people did not leave because Galveston was a booming city and there have been hurricanes near that fatal before then or even in that region. The storm was predicted to go down the east coast but scientists were wrong and it ended up affecting Galveston, the unexpected storm was 135 mph and was a category 4. This is a good example of what a ghost town could be, the town went from the epicenter of import goods of texas, to now time just becoming a …show more content…
The hurricane resulted in the death of an estimated 6,000 to 12,000 people, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in U.S. history. The disaster caused widespread destruction, and many people lost their homes, businesses, and livelihoods. The hurricane also exposed the inequality and segregation present in the city, as many of the poorer residents who lived in lower-class areas were more affected. In the aftermath of the hurricane, there were efforts to rebuild the city, including the construction of a seawall and raising the elevation of buildings. The disaster also led to efforts in meteorology and the development of hurricane warning systems. Overall, the Galveston hurricane had a profound impact on the city and its residents, highlighting the need for disaster preparedness and
Book Review: Isaac’s Storm Introduction: Isaac’s Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History, written by Erik Larsen, is a book which may very well be called one-of-a-kind, as it describes one of the most disastrous of the natural calamities of the world-the Galveston hurricane of 1900 and the events which precede it. The author has carefully analysed the hurricane, scrutinized the impact caused by the actions of several people prior to the hurricane that ultimately resulted in massive destruction (Larson, 2011). He has pointed out with precision how the wrongful thought processes of that time led to such a tragedy. Review: The author has pointed out the fact that the thoughtless actions of some men are mostly to blame for the tragedy.
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
Additionally, scientists had been warning New Orleans and the government that climate change would lead to increased storm activity and that the city’s defenses weren’t strong enough for such a storm. However, these warnings were ignored by the government and no preventative measures were taken which has influenced the effects of the storm. The reason for the poor response of the government and their negligence of the warnings is arguable. However, it is positive that the reason for this is that the majority of the people affected were the poor, and mostly colored, citizen of New Orleans. The city is racially and economically segregated and these citizen lived in the lower parts of the city, which go down to 11 feet below sea level.
The author Anna Badkhen described and made you visualize what was happening, and what the hurricane made people do. One girl was so scared to leave her bath tub. One section made me question humanity's loyalty when the passage “Armed gangs prowled the streets,… ”. Why in the world would people gang up and prowl the streets proudly. But the descriptions were so insightful, “... water washed bloated cadavers onto traffic islands, and the only source of light at night were huge fires that devoured structures block after block.”.
It was 6:10 in the morning August 28 2005 and New Orleans had just been struck. Homes were being demolished, people were screaming, innocent people were getting killed from the result of the storm surge. . To this day there are 705 people still missing. While people are living there normal lives, they have not yet to know that in the middle of the Atlantic warm air is rising and it is getting replaced by the cooler air. the Not to forget, the hurricane affected their economy because of $81 billion dollars of property damage.
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.
So many people died, homes were demolished, families lost homes. Also, the population of citizens that around or is surrounded by water, has a very high chance of being in danger. There have been many hurricanes, that caused so many homes to be destroyed, tons of people died, the flooding was to the extreme, many people were kind enough to go and help but the damage was already done. This shows that geography can really determine someone’s
New Orleans, a flourishing city sitting on the Gulf coast. The city thrived with life. But, on the morning of August 29th,2005 everything changed. Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the gulf coast.
In the wake of a dark time, Hurricane Katrina proved to America how crucial preparedness is. Three reasons Hurricane Katrina proved unpreparedness include; The New Orleans poorly built levee system, the prolonged displacement
The genuine expense of Hurricane Katrina's harm was between $96-$125 billion, with $40-$66 billion in guaranteed misfortunes. Half of these misfortunes were a consequence of flooding in New Orleans. An expected 300,000 homes were pulverized or generally made appalling. No less than 118 million cubic yards of absolute waste and destruction abandoned, creating a devastating clean up
Many people ignored warnings and lost their lives during Hurricane Katrina. It did not help that city employees were also not prepared. Eighteen hundred and thirty-six people were killed during the hurricane, and over seven hundred are still missing (dosomething.org). It is clear the city of New Orleans was unprepared before, during, and after the storm.
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.
The hurricane had significant social effects on Galveston. In a letter from John D. Blagden to his family he states “I lost everything I brought with me from Memphis”. This statement signifies one of the biggest social effects on Galveston as many people had lost so much, from relatives to friends and from their homes to their jobs, many people who couldn't handle this loss left the city. In a 1990’s article titled “Raising Galveston” by John H. Lienharad, the author says “Homeowners had to lift their house up on stilts so the slurry could fill under them”. The citizens had to raise
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.
The hurricane did major damage to Galveston and many people of Galveston were affected. Erik Larson