Great Disasters: Galveston Hurricane 1900: Isaac's Storm (full documentary)

This feature-length special based on Erik Larson's book "Isaac's Storm", weather experts, historians, and survivors' descendants guide us through that horrific day that claimed over 6,000 lives which even compared to katrina and other storms, is till the nation's worst natural disaster. September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resident meteorologist for the U.S. Weather Bureau failed to grasp the true meaning of the strange deep-sea swells and peculiar winds that greeted the city that morning. Mere hours later, Galveston found itself submerged in a monster hurricane that completely destroyed the town and killed over six thousand people in what remains the greatest natural disaster in American history--and Isaac Cline found himself the victim of a devestating personal tragedy. In this special presentation, Larson, along with weather experts, historians, and descendants of those lucky enough to have survived the violent storm, guide us through the events of that horrific day. They detail the stories of heartbreaking loss, selfless heroism and the tragic folly of one man's faith in science that resulted in the most lethal storm in American history.

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Education

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• Texas plano
• lightning
• storm
• great
• thunder
• rain
• weather
• disaster
• tornado

[funkateerkitty]

@CSATexan thank U for the compliment, I feel like this alot :/

[funkateerkitty]

@CSATexan i ONCE HEARD A PREACHER SPEAK OF THE EVIL AND HATRED BEING THE CAUSES OF MOTHER EARTH PURGING HERSELF OF THE EVIL AND CLEANSING HERSELF OF IT IN THE ONLY WAY SHE KNOWS.

[CSATexan]

@funkateerkitty

Could it be that god or karma had noting to do with any of these things????

By the way, your profile image is really cool!!

[funkateerkitty]

@CSATexan I won't even begin to overstand why things happen to people in life. I cannot explain why the things in my life have happened save to pay for bad karma I amassed from previous lifetimes that had not yet been paid for...can't really say seeing that ALL ppl's come from AFRIKAN peoples. Who knows with the IMMENSE history of the earth...

[lifekeyson]

I read the book by Eril Larson and the documentart is very faithful to his book; even including the rivalry and condescension of the American scientifice community against the Cuban meteoroligical establishment. Very good book and documentary.

[mariahlove08]

God doesnt punish anyone. So please get tht out of your brains.

[TheRyftLord]

I haz the book :3

[CSATexan]

@funkateerkitty

Perhaps God has punished Africans for their constant genocide of different genocides

[BSNFabricating]

Amazing! I haven't read the book yet, but I had heard about the storm, just not in this much detail...

THIS is the type of thing they used to show on the History Channel...now we're stuck with stuff like "Pawn Stars", "Axe Men", etc, etc...

[411smiths]

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