Transcript Storm of 1900.ppt

1900 Storm
Adapted from Portal of Texas History.
http://education.texashistory.unt.edu/lessons/psa/Galveston1900/
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The last slide contains a a video clip from Unitedstreaming.com,
titled “Huuricanes and Humans” with original fil footage from T. Edison
documenting the destruction following the 1900 storm.
This will have to be downloaded for use.
1. Examine
the map.
What makes
Galveston
vulnerable
to
hurricanes?
Map of the Texas & Pacific Railway and Connections 1903
David Rumsey Map Collection
University of North Texas Libraries
2. Study
the ad.
What
makes it
look like
a good
place to
start a
business?
1891 Map of North Galveston, Texas
David Rumsey Map Collection
University of North Texas Libraries
3. How were
people
warned
about the
hurricane?
from Clarence Ousley, Galveston In Nineteen Hundred
This excerpt discusses storm forecasting
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from Clarence Ousley,
Galveston In Nineteen
Hundred
4. How
many
people
were
sheltering
in the
house?
What advice
were they
given?
Read Cline’s account of
the Hurricane’s arrival
From Paul Lester,
The Great Galveston
Disaster
University of North Texas Libraries
5. Besides
the storm,
what other
dangers
were there?
How did
people
protect
themselves?
from Clarence Ousley,
Galveston In Nineteen
Hundred
Read Cline’s account
about surviving the storm
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6. In all
how many
homes were
totally
destroyed?
What was
the value
then?
(today=
$99.4 billion)
from Clarence Ousley, Galveston In Nineteen Hundred
This excerpt discusses
the hurricane’s cost
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7. What was
done with
the ruins
and
bodies?
Which
group of
people
suffered
the highest
death rate?
From Paul Lester, The Great Galveston Disaster
Read about the efforts to dispose of the bodies
University of North Texas Libraries
8. Describe
the
destruction.
From Paul Lester, The Great Galveston Disaster
University of North Texas Libraries
St. Mary’s
Infirmary
was a
hospital.
Read the
next slide
for more
information.
From Paul Lester, The Great Galveston Disaster
University of North Texas Libraries
From Paul Lester,
The Great Galveston Disaster
9. How many
people
found
shelter
at St. Mary’s
Infirmary?
This excerpt discusses
a refuge from the storm
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10. How has
Galveston
tried to
protect
itself
from
future
storm?
Galveston Sea Wall constructed in 1902
Memorial marker for 1900 storm
Images from the Portal to Texas History
Collection “Photographing Texas”
University of North Texas Libraries
Websites for further information
http://www.1900storm.com/ Primary sources
http://www.therealgalveston.com/1900-Storm.html More facts and figures
http://www.history.noaa.gov/stories_tales/cline2.html Official report from Isaac Cline.
http://www.galvnews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=c5a624b19a99fd2b Compared with
Huuricane Ike.