[Ditter]

As usual the article ignores the 6,000 to 10,000 people who died Sept 8, 1900 in Galveston TX. These people didn't die over several days, they died in an hour or less as the storm surge moved ashore over Galveston Island. It was several days before the world learned of this tragedy.

[FreedomPoster]

While the author did just say "bloodiest day", I took it to imply "from an act of war", and not just greatest number of deaths from any cause. This is not to detract at all from the tragedy that was the Galveston hurricane.

[SBeck]

Or the 4,000 or so that died in Plano, TX in a natural gas explosion in 1936. People remember the Hindenburgh from that year, but not that event.