The Galveston Hurricane: America's Deadliest Day

<p><code>In 1900, the booming island city of Galveston, Texas was told the storm would miss them. It did not. The hurricane that came ashore that September remains the deadliest natural disaster in American history, drowning an estimated eight thousand people as the sea simply rose up and erased the city in a single night.</code></p><p><code>In this episode of Six Feet of History, August Mercer tells the story of the warning that was ignored, the night the Gulf swallowed Galveston, and the grim rebuilding that followed. Six Feet of History is a daily true history podcast digging up the dark, forgotten, and untold stories of the past. New episode every day.</code></p><p><code>#history #truehistory #historypodcast #darkhistory #forgottenhistory #Galveston #hurricane #Texas #americanhistory #untoldhistory</code></p><p><code>Galveston hurricane 1900, America's deadliest natural disaster, 8000 dead, Texas hurricane, Great Storm, Isaac Cline, history podcast, true history, forgotten disasters, dark history, untold history, American history, Gulf of Mexico storm, storm surge, Galveston Texas, deadliest hurricane, weather history, 1900 disaster, natural disaster, Six Feet of History</code></p><p><br></p>