The 1900 hurricane in Galveston was a devastating disaster, and we were definitely not prepared for it.
Those who managed, either by sheer luck or the grace of God, to survive the storm faced the challenge of moving forward.
In his memoirs, meteorologist Isaac Cline referred to the morning after the storm as "a most beautiful day."
It was indeed a sunny, warm day, the kind of day people came to Galveston for at the turn of the century. But few visitors would walk the sandy shores for months after the infamous hurricane.
Instead, bodies of the dead that were improperly buried at sea washed ashore on those beaches, leaving even more treacherous work for the cleanup crews.
The storm left behind a legacy that extends across the country. As families moved from the island, they carried with them the story of that night.
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