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  2. 1900 Galveston hurricane - Wikipedia

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    The last reported survivor of the Galveston hurricane of 1900, Maude Conic of Wharton, Texas, [152] died November 14, 2004, at the claimed age of 116, although the 1900 census and other records indicate she was about 10 years younger than that.

  3. Reba Byrd Masterson - Wikipedia

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    Rebecca Byrd Masterson (January 19, 1882 – September 22, 1969) was an American petroleum geologist.Masterson was born and raised in Galveston, Texas. [1] She was a survivor of the 1900 Galveston hurricane, losing her mother in the carnage.

  4. List of Texas hurricanes (1900–1949) - Wikipedia

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    September 9, 1900 – The 1900 Galveston hurricane makes landfall on the southern end of Galveston Island as a Category 4 hurricane. [1] The storm kills an estimated 6,000–12,000 people, [ 2 ] making it the deadliest natural disaster in United States history; [ 3 ] much of the damage occurs in the port city of Galveston , which is largely ...

  5. Isaac's Storm - Wikipedia

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    Isaac Monroe Cline (1861–1955) was the chief meteorologist at the Galveston, Texas office of the U.S. Weather Bureau from 1889 to 1901. Cline played an important role in influencing the storm's later destruction by authoring an article for the Galveston Daily News, in which he derided the idea of significant damage to Galveston from a hurricane as "a crazy idea".

  6. Isaac Cline - Wikipedia

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    Isaac Monroe Cline (October 13, 1861 – August 3, 1955) was the chief meteorologist at the Galveston, Texas, office of the U.S. Weather Bureau, now known as the National Weather Service, from 1889 to 1901. In that role, he became a central figure in the devastating Galveston hurricane of 1900. The Isaac M. Cline Award, the NWS's highest honor ...

  7. Here are 10 of the worst hurricanes to hit the US - AOL

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    Galveston Hurricane 1900. This Category 4 hurricane that hit the island city of Galveston, Texas, is one of the deadliest natural disasters in U.S. history. Storm tides of up to 15 feet inundated ...

  8. NJ is no stranger to natural disasters. See the list of the ...

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    Still, these rarely match the scale of historic large-scale disasters, such as the Galveston hurricane of 1900 and the Mississippi River floods of 1927 and 1993.

  9. Watch: Gulf Coast beaches covered with snow during historic ...

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    During the snow, people took pictures of the snowy scene next to the statue memorializing the 1900 Galveston hurricane, known as the deadliest hurricane in U.S. history.