120 years ago today: Galveston

Kinja'd!!! "Just Jeepin'" (macintux)
09/08/2020 at 14:15 • Filed to: hurricanes

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DISCUSSION (4)


Kinja'd!!! CalzoneGolem > Just Jeepin'
09/08/2020 at 14:17

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I came here to make a pelican joke but I can’t. That’s some heinous shit.


Kinja'd!!! fhrblig > Just Jeepin'
09/08/2020 at 14:27

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Read the book “Isaac’s Storm”. Holy shit is that a depressing story. Not surprisingly, they were warned by Cuba that the storm was coming but ignored them.


Kinja'd!!! davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Just Jeepin'
09/08/2020 at 14:27

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Shit...


Kinja'd!!! Merkin Muffley > Just Jeepin'
09/08/2020 at 14:54

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It’s hard to compare, mainly because the warning systems were so primitive then, but it’s always worth remembering that the Gulf Coast has been hit with storms of this magnitude going back thousands of years.

California's coast has also had drought-deluge-fire-mudslide-earthquakes- drought as far back as science can analyze the data.