Galveston is a 29 mile strip of land, that two miles off the coast of Texas. On September 8, 1900 a category 4 hurricane struck Galveston, Texas, devastating a lot of home, and business (History). The hurricane was first thought to be a tropical storm in the Atlantic Ocean, because it had statues of a tropical storm for five days. Galveston was the most populated city in Texas before the hurricane hit it (Hurricanescience). Some prevention that the people of Galveston took where giving people alerts, evacuating people out of Galveston, and giving them supplies to them. At the beginning of the 15th century, Galveston, Texas was booming with a population of approximately to 40,000 residents. It was the largest city in Texas (Hurricanescience).
