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Kolev Group. "Top 10 Things to Do in Galveston." SegCity.
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1900 v. Today
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Drake, Bruce. Before/After 1900 Storm in Galveston, TX. Photograph. Pinterest.
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Today, the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 has been forgotten in American society. This is why I chose this storm as the topic for my project. Even though it is the deadliest natural disaster in US history, a very small number of people even know it happened at all, let alone know the entire story and its importance. Despite the extremely high death toll of this storm, the city of Galveston was able to rebuild and grow from it, improving the town's infrastructure and government. The United States also learned that they needed to improve their own weather technology to prevent a tragedy like this from devastating a town again.
However, despite most of the country not knowing of its existence, on September 13, 2008, "the memory resurfaced for residents like a violent flashback" with the devastating Hurricane Ike hitting Galveston once again. (1)
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Hurricane Ike
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1. Barria, Carlos. "Damage from Hurricane Ike." New York Times.
2. Dewan, Shaila. "On Peninsula in the Storm: No Way Out." New York Times, September 15, 2008.
3. Snopes. "Did an Exorcism save a House from Destruction during a Hurricane?" May 3, 2018.
4. Mazza, David. "Hurricane Ike, 10 Years Later in Central Ohio." NBC4i, September 12, 2018.
5. Heavy. "Hurricane Ike: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know." Heavy. Last modified August 25, 2017.
6. Time. "Hurricane Ike Sweeps across the Gulf."
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(1) Ripley, Amanda. "The 1900 Galveston Hurricane." Time, September 15, 2008. Accessed April 3, 2019. http://content.time.com/time/ nation/article/0,8599,1841442,00.html.
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