[dfwgator]

A lot of folks don't realize just how dangerous storm surges can be. My great-grandfather was killed by the storm surge caused by the Galveston Hurricane of 1915. He was a conductor on the Galveston-Houston Inner Urban Railway and was trying to evacuate some of the women and children from the island when the surge caught them on the causeway.

I know something like that happened in the 1900 hurricane, I didn't realize there was another one that did the same in 1915.

[Stonewall Jackson]

The 1900 Hurricane flooded the entire island, killing 10,000+. In response, the city raised the level of the entire island almost 20 feet, but people were still worried when this storm came in, so they tried to evacuate as many women and children as possible.