Isaac's Storm
The Galveston City is a narrow island adjoining the Galveston bay. Marked by its distinct geographical position its highest point is only 8.7 feet above sea level. This Gulf city was devastated by one of the worst ever storm to strike America on September 8, 1900 claiming the lives of more than 8000 people and total destruction of properties. (Estimated at $30 million in 1900). The hurricane created giant waves up to 8 to 15 feet high and the water from the swelling waves inundated the whole of the city and washed away everything on its path. In the book "Isaac's Storm" Erik Larson describes how Isaac Monroe Cline, a chief staff of the American meteorological department studied the progress of this devastating storm and how it had an destructive effect on the business climate of this once commercially vibrant city. Let us briefly analyze the effects the storm had on the development of Galveston City from a business perspective.
Galveston City (Before the Storm)
The dangerous geographical location of Galveston is very clear from the recounting of Josiah Gregg, one of America's main travelers who wrote as early as 1841 that, "This Island was so fully overflowed that a small vessel actually sailed out over the middle of it." [Erik Larson, pg. 12] Apart from the geographical position (city is very low and close to sea level) Galveston was a grand city which was developing very rapidly. In fact it was a gaining status as a perfect cosmopolitan city with its flourishing business. People from other parts of the United States were beginning to move into Galveston wooed by its natural beauty and opportunities. Galveston was a city where people from all the races were equally represented. By 1900 the city was all set for a status as equal to San Francisco or New Orleans and competing with Houston as a fastest growing business city in the gulf region. In fact the New York Herald Magazine had at that time, described Galveston as the 'New York of the Gulf'. Galveston was one of the busiest ports (third) in the country and the biggest cotton port in...
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