Sabrina_Perales

Sabrina Perales The Deadliest Storm On September 8, 1900, many resident’s and tourists’ lives changed due to the deadliest natural disaster in the history of the United States. The numbers of deaths on this day are estimated to be over 6,000 (1900). Many of these deaths could have been prevented by evacuating to higher leveled ground. So who is to blame' Some say that the Weather Service did not do enough to prevent these deaths or that the newspapers did not push the need for urgency one there was a storm watch; but on the other hand, if they had issued a warning early enough to evacuate would the people have done so' All of the parties were at fault due to their lack of judgment. The United States Weather Service was formed by the government in 1882. The intentions of this Service were to collect data and conduct forecasts for storms. There were only a few elite that were chosen to conduct forecasts and these men were assigned in Washington. Forecasting was considered “a black and dangerous art” and incorrect forecasts could erode the faith of the public (Larson 55). So people whom worked weather, storm, service, people, one, galveston, forecasts, hurricane, blame, area, order, larson, urgency, time, storms, over, newspaper, much, moore’s, moore, lives, isaac, ground, forecasting, evacuation, enough, due, deaths, cuba, cline, been, beaches, whom, warning, united