Galveston: The Queen and the Great Storm (2/4)

In a city that had dismantled its own natural defenses for the sake of progress, there was one man whose words sealed its fate. Isaac Monroe Cline, the chief of the local U.S. Weather Bureau, declared the idea of a catastrophic hurricane hitting Galveston "an absurd delusion". His scientific certainty provided the ultimate justification for the city's elite to dismiss the need for a protective seawall.

In Part 2 of our series, we uncover the chilling story of pride and miscalculation that left Galveston vulnerable. Learn about the haunting tale of Indianola, a rival port city wiped off the map by a hurricane, a warning Galveston's leaders chose to ignore. We also expose the fatal institutional arrogance of the U.S. Weather Bureau under director Willis Moore, which deliberately ignored accurate warnings from more experienced Cuban forecasters in Havana. As the storm gathers its monstrous power in the Gulf, a series of human errors leaves the Queen City tragically blind to the approaching monster.

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