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Isaac's Storm |
On September 8, 1900, a storm roared into Galveston, Texas that killed between 6,000 and 10,000 people. How the magnitude of this storm could have been so tragically misread is something that is still debated among meteorologists, but Mr. Larson shows quite clearly the confluence of human error, arrogance and politics that created an environment ripe for just such a catastrophe. Competing weather bureaus, the concern about causing "undue panic" only t...
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