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This feature-length special based on Erik Larson’s book “Isaac’s Storm”, weather experts, historians, and survivors’ descendants guide us through that horrific day that claimed over 6,000 lives.
September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resident meteorologist for the U.S. Weather Bureau failed to grasp the true meaning of the strange deep-sea swells and peculiar winds that greeted the city that morning. Mere hours later, Galveston found itself submerged in a monster hurricane that completely destroyed the town and killed over six thousand people in what remains the greatest natural disaster in American history–and Isaac Cline found himself the victim of a devastating personal tragedy.
In this special presentation, Larson, along with weather experts, historians, and descendants of those lucky enough to have survived the violent storm, guide us through the events of that horrific day. They detail the stories of heartbreaking loss, selfless heroism and the tragic folly of one man’s faith in science that resulted in the most lethal storm in American history.
Duration : 0:10:31
This feature-length special based on Erik Larson’s book “Isaac’s Storm”, weather experts, historians, and survivors’ descendants guide us through that horrific day that claimed over 6,000 lives.
This feature-length special based on Erik Larson’s book “Isaac’s Storm”, weather experts, historians, and survivors’ descendants guide us through that horrific day that claimed over 6,000 lives.
During the first week of September, 2008 Hurricane Ike tore through the islands of Turks & Caicos and Great Inagua as a category four, with sustained winds of 135mph, before making landfall on the north coast of Cuba as a strong category three, with 120mph winds. 
Maritime Safety and Security Team Boston esses the Houston Ship Channel for obstructions and damage following Hurricane Ike. Coast Guard personnel and ets from around the country were deployed to the Houston-Galveston area to ist with search and rescue, aids to navigation repair and pollution essment.
Crews from Aids to Navigation Teams Galveston and Port O’Connor load temporary buoys onto a 55-foot Coast Guard boat at Sector Field Office Galveston before getting underway. More than ninety percent of the aids to navigation were either damaged, destroyed or moved out of position in the Gulf of Mexico and the Houston Ship Channel during Hurricane IKE. The Coast Guard is repairing and repositioning buoys to reopen the ports and Ship Channel as quickly as possible. (Coast Guard video by PA3 Rob Simpson)
In the early morning hours of September 13, 2008, Hurricane Ike, a storm the size of the Gulf of Mexico, roared ashore at Galveston Island, TX. The seawall saved the city of Galveston, but Point Bolivar to the east had no seawall and was almost entirely wiped off the map. Although most of the homes in the Galveston area survived, there was still massive flooding in the city which caused much suffering. There were structures that did not survive, most notably the Balinese Room Nightclub Pier and Murdock Bathouse and Mermaid Pier. The east-end marina was also destroyed. One of the most amazing things to happen in this storm was the pile up of yacht-sized boats along the Interstate highway heading into town. Hurricane Hunter Brian Osburn has documented this storm well, from beginning to end in spectacular high-definition. So click the HD button on the screen, sit back, and experience one of the most frightening storms in recent history to hit the United States. This is some of the best hurricane footage on YouTube.
In this video by the U.S. Coast Guard, an Air Station Houston HH-65C rescue helicopter crew conducted a pre-Hurricane Ike overflight of the Freeport/Galveston coastline. Numerous ships including shrimp boats and barges can be seen taking the necessary cover for the impending storm, Sept. 11, 2008. Heavy surf arrived early, erasing the beaches and threatening houses being prepared to weather Ike.
This footage was shot by an istant to Thomas Edison in Sept. 1900 in Galveston, Texas. The hurricane that hit Galveston was the worst natural disaster in U.S. history and lead to over 6,000 deaths. 
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