[Graymatter]

worst natural disaster in U.S. history

What about Galveston, 1900? Wasn't that worse?

[DuncanWaring]

Don’t forget the San Francisco Earthquake. (See Post 9).

[Fiji Hill]

worst natural disaster in U.S. history

What about Galveston, 1900? Wasn't that worse?

The Galveston hurricane, which killed about 6,000, was worse, as was the Lake Okeechobee hurricane of 1928, which killed about 2,000.