To: Siobhan
I think around a thousand died in Galveston, in 1900, but there was no way for them to get an actual accurate count in those days.
427 posted on
08/30/2005 11:44:31 PM PDT by
singfreedom
("Victory at all costs,.......for without victory there is no survival."--Churchill--that's "Winston")
To: singfreedom; Siobhan
The official estimate for the 1900 Galveston Hurricane is 8000 deaths.
436 posted on
08/30/2005 11:47:49 PM PDT by
AntiGuv
("Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick)
To: singfreedom
Sorry, when I typed this message I neglected to put the ten before the thousand!! Oh, good grief.
554 posted on
08/31/2005 1:58:44 AM PDT by
singfreedom
("Victory at all costs,.......for without victory there is no survival."--Churchill--that's "Winston")
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson