[mhking]

8000 people died in galveston....anyone thinking this will remotely approach this is wrong..

I pray you are right, but I'm not as confident of that as you obviously are.

[SE Mom]

Agreed.

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/WEATHER/09/07/galveston.backgrounder/index.html

For anyone interested in the Galveston hurricane of 1900...