Blog Post #1

Choose a major hurricane and answer the following questions in your blog.

1. Which hurricane did you choose?

The Great Galveston Hurricane
2. What category was it on the Saffir-Simpson scale?

It was a category 4
3. Tell its story.

It is an unnamed hurricane. It caused the greatest loss of life of any Hurricane in recorded US history. First tracked in Cuba as a tropical storm on Sept. 3, it hit Galveston as a Category 4 Hurricane. 



4. How many lives were lost? How much damage did it cause ($)?

An estimated 6,000-12,000 as storm tides of 8 to 15 feet washed over the Barrier Island. Around 43.670 billion dollars


 5. Include at least one picture.