Directory of Galveston Hurricane of 1900 Resources

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The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 made landfall on the city of Galveston, Texas, on September 8, 1900. It had estimated winds of 135 miles per hour (217 km/h), making it a Category 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale.

Resources in This Category

• CNN Specials - The Galveston Hurricane

  http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/galveston/
  Contains photos taken after the event, photos today, and videos.

• Galveston and Texas History Center Rosenberg Library: 1900 Storm

  http://www.gthcenter.org/exhibits/storms/1900/
  Contains photographs, manuscripts, and oral histories.

• Galveston Storm of 1900

  http://www.history.noaa.gov/stories_tales/cline2.html
  Contains the special report on the hurricane by Isaac M. Cline.

• Galveston Storm of 1900

  http://celebrating200years.noaa.gov/magazine/galv_hurricane/
  Summary of the hurricane's destruction, plus a few photos.

• Handbook of Texas Online: Galveston Hurricane of 1900

  http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ydg02
  Report based on the article appearing in the Galveston Daily News, September 8, 1900.

• Isaac's Storm

  http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/98112/isaacs-storm-by-erik-larson/
  A narrative nonfiction story of the deadliest hurricane in U.S. history.

• The 1900 Galveston Hurricane

  http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/events/1900hurr.htm
  Contains storm track, diagram of the Galveston Bay area, and facts of the hurricane.

• The 1900 Storm

  http://www.1900storm.com/
  Remembering the Galveston Hurricane, September 8-9, 1900 in which more than 6,000 died.

• Wikipedia: Galveston Hurricane of 1900

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galveston_Hurricane_of_1900
  Summarizes the events of the hurricane, its path, and the rebuilding.

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