[Ditter]

This article calls Camile the worst natural disaster in our nations history. I thought that the Galveston storm of 1900 held that title. In Galveston there were 6,000 to 10,000 dead or unaccounted for and almost the entire town was wiped away. Camile was the strongest storm winds or the lowest pressure but it can’t hold a candle to the destruction and death of the 1900 storm in Galveston.

[Islander7]

Unimaginably, Camille was eclipsed in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina, which approaches its fourth anniversary in 12 days and claims the title of America’s worst natural disaster..

The article claims Katrina as the worse disaster. Certainly, the loss of so many lives in the Galveston storm is a far greater tragedy. The only explanation I can offer is, perhaps the writer is referring to the dollar amount of loss. No comparison to lives though.