In 1891, Isaac Cline, meteorologist, was asked to appraise his city's vulnerability to extreme weather. He wrote, "The opinion held by some who are unacquainted with the actual conditions of things, that Galveston will at some time be seriously damaged by some such disturbance, is simply an absurd delusion." But on September 8, 1900, a massive hurricane struckà.

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