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Rebirth
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About to happen
What is IMPENDING
100
September 4th, 1900
What is the day a hurricane hit Galveston, TX?
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The most deadliest hurricane on record
What is the Galveston Hurricane?
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Ran down to the shore to play in the waves
What did people do when Isaac Cline posted hurricane warning flags?
100
Rebuild the city
What did the people of Galveston decide to do shortly after the hurricane?
200
A disease that spreads very rapidly
What is PLAGUE?
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185 MPH
What is the speed of a level 4 hurricane?
200
Tied themselves together with ropes
What is something people did to stay safe?
200
Isaac Cline
What is the name of then Galveston's weatherman.
200
10-17 feet
What is the height the island was raised after the hurricane?
300
A brief period of rest and recovery
What is RESPITE?
300
3.600
What is number of houses destroyed by the Galveston Hurricane?
300
No protection
What is the main reason why the Galveston Hurricane was so terrible?
300
Detailed journals, memoirs, storm-warning flags
What type of technology was present in the weather system in the year 1900?
300
16 feet thick
What is the thickness of the sea wall built by the Galvestonians?
400
To destroy something completely
What is OBLITERATE?
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8,000 people
What is the number of people that died during the Galveston Hurricane?
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Laid to rest at sea.
What was the first thing Galvestonians tried to do with the bodies of victims from the Galveston Hurricane?
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Precursor
What is something or somebody that comes before, and is often considered to lead to the development of another person or thing?
400
17 feet tall.
What is the height of the sea wall built by the Galvestonians after the hurricane?
500
Extremely distressing, frightening, or shocking
What is TRAUMATIC?
500
$20 million ($382 million)
What is the total amount of damage the Galveston Hurricane caused?
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Cremation
What was the final method used for disposal of the bodies of victims of the Galveston Hurricane?
500
Three miles wide.
What is the width of Galveston Island?
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another 4 1/2 miles
What is the length of the extension added to the sea wall in the 1960's.