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The 1915 Galveston hurricane was a tropical cyclone that caused extensive damage in the Galveston area in August 1915. Widespread damage was also documented throughout its path across the Caribbean Sea and the interior of the United States.
1915- Galveston Hurricane. Fifteen years after a devastating hurricane wrecked Galveston, TX, another monstrous hurricane formed in western Atlantic, again destined to strike the port city. The classic Cape Verde-type hurricane was officially detected on August 10, 1915, between the islands of Dominica and Barbados.
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The 1915 Storm gave the Seawall its first real test. This was a severe hurricane, with top sustained winds of 93 miles per hour and wind gusts that reached 120 miles per hour. The hurricane inundated Galveston with waters that reached a depth of 6 to 9 feet. The storm surge reached a maximum depth exceeding 16 feet.
2015年8月17日 · On Aug. 17, 1915, another hurricane—believed to be more powerful than the one that destroyed the port city—made landfall. This time, however, Galveston stood up to it. As recounted by Houston...
- ‘The Wall Street of The Southwest’
- The Hurricane Hits
- The Aftermath
- Recovery
The city of Galveston, Texas was founded in 1839 and had boomed since then. By 1900, it had a population of nearly 40,000 people and one of the highest per capita income rates in the United States. Galveston was effectively little more than a sandbar with bridges to the mainland. Despite its vulnerable location on a low, flat island along the coast...
The hurricane hit Galveston on 8 September 1900, bringing with it storm surges of up to 15ft and winds of over 100mph were measured before the anemometer was blown away. Over 9 inches of rain fell within 24 hours. Eyewitnesses reported bricks, slate and timber becoming airborne as the hurricane tore through the town, suggesting winds probably reach...
Around 8,000 people, roughly 20% of Galveston’s population, are thought to have perished in the hurricane, although estimates range from 6,000 to 12,000. Many were killed as a result of the storm surges, although others were trapped under debris for days, dying painfully and slowly due to the slow rescue attempts. The sheer number of bodies meant i...
Galveston never fully recovered its status as a commercial centre: the discovery of oil further north in Texas in 1901 and the opening of the Houston Ship Channel in 1914 killed any dreams of Galveston’s prospects being transformed. Investors fled and it was the vice and entertainment based economy of the 1920s that brought money back to the city. ...
- Sarah Roller
2018年9月13日 · After a 1915 hurricane comparable to the 1900 tempest, much of the city flooded, although not catastrophically. Structures behind the seawall generally survived the onslaught. But as the 2005 Hurricane Katrina disaster reminded us, it never pays to underestimate the destructive potential of hurricanes.
The seawall was tested in 1915 when a Category 3 hurricane battered the coast with sustained winds of 120 miles per hour and a 16-foot storm surge. The city sustained serious flooding and while the wall was damaged, it held up, preventing a repeat of the devastation experienced in 1900.
