THE 1900 GALVESTON STORM (PT 2) AMERICA'S WORST NATURAL DISASTER

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Jon Hagadorn

Society & Culture, History

4.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2022

⏱️ 67 minutes

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The 1900 Galveston Hurricane struck the island of Galveston, Texas on Saturday Sept. 8th, 1900 as a Cat 4 storm, causing15-25 foot storm surges and killing somewhere between 6,000 and 12,000 people. This is the story told by the storm survivors. ANDROID USERS- 1001 Stories from Roy's Diner on Player.fm: Follow Us https://player.fm/series/1001-stories-network 1001 Radio Days right here at Google Podcasts FREE: https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20radio%20days 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales at Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vQURMNzU3MzM0Mjg0NQ== 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries at Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20heroes 1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories (& Tales from Arthur Conan Doyle) https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20sherlock%20holmes 1001 Ghost Stories & Tales of the Macabre on Spotify: https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20ghost%20stories 1001 Stories for the Road on Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20stories%20for%20the%20road Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20greatest%20love%20stories 1001 History's Best Storytellers: (author interviews) on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/show/1001-historys-best-storytellers APPLE USERS 1001 Stories From Roy's Diner at Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/fi/podcast/1001-stories-from-roys-diner/id1594740377 Catch 1001 Heroes on any Apple Device here (Free): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-heroes-legends-histories-mysteries-podcast/id956154836?mt=2 Catch 1001 CLASSIC SHORT STORIES at Apple Podcast App Now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-classic-short-stories-tales/id1078098622 Catch 1001 Stories for the Road at Apple Podcast now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-stories-for-the-road/id1227478901 NEW Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Apple Devices here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-greatest-love-stories/id1485751552 Catch 1001 RADIO DAYS now at Apple iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-radio-days/id1405045413?mt=2 NEW 1001 Ghost Stories & Tales of the Macabre is now playing at Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-ghost-stories-tales-of-the-macabre/id1516332327 NEW Enjoy 1001 History's Best Storytellers (Interviews) on Apple Devices here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-historys-best-storytellers/id1483649026 NEW Enjoy 1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories and The Best of Arthur Conan Doyle https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-sherlock-holmes-stories-best-sir-arthur-conan/id1534427618 Get all of our shows at one website: https://.1001storiespodcast.com REVIEWS NEEDED . My email works as well for comments: [email protected] SUPPORT OUR SHOW BY BECOMING A PATRON! https://.patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork. Its time I started asking for support! Thank you. Its a few dollars a month OR a one time. (Any amount is appreciated). YOUR REVIEWS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS AT APPLE/ITUNES AND ALL ANDROID HOSTS ARE NEEDED AND APPRECIATED! LINKS BELOW. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	.
0:31.0	Welcome back everyone to one thousand one heroes legends histories and mysteries podcast
0:37.0	this is your host John Hegedorn and today we offer part two of the 1900 Galveston Hurricane.
0:44.0	In the process of research in a story like this a number of things happened to you.
0:49.0	The first being an overwhelming sense of sadness at the sheer magnitude of human loss
0:53.0	and the natural urge to want to glean something from the story that might be useful for the future.
0:59.0	How much comes down to human failing and how much comes down to other factors
1:04.0	is often hard to discern but in this case much of this human tragedy could have been avoided
1:09.0	had those in charge listen to the warnings.
1:12.0	The city planner should have been looking out for people's best interest and their safety
1:16.0	when they were asked numerous times to be able to see you all.
1:19.0	Then there was Isaac Klein the chief meteorologist for Galveston
1:23.0	who firmly believed that no storm of any magnitude could ever harm Galveston.
1:28.0	And who was dead long his professional opinion was largely responsible for the lack of concern
1:33.0	that Galveston showed toward protecting its citizens for many future storms.
1:37.0	He was the sole person responsible for issuing the warnings and had he acted in time in the right way.
1:43.0	Many thousands of lives could have been saved but he saw no reason to order an early evacuation.
1:49.0	In fact research hasn't shown me that there even was an evacuation plan.
1:54.0	That would have been his responsibility working in tandem with the city government.
1:58.0	He had built what he and others thought was a strong beach house five blocks in from the beach
2:03.0	with 15 foot high pilings aligned what he thought was plenty of room for a storm surge.
2:07.0	As the storm started to show its fury neighbors began to flock to his house for safety
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