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[TBoneTX 43,018]

And, lest we forget the worst ever, 117 years ago today:

http://www.1900storm.com

The picture gallery is particularly chilling.

[TBoneTX 43,018]

The following song was published in 1900.

Perhaps it can be admitted that retyping the elegant lyrics brought real tears, and prayers for those who now face Irma.

 

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THE TERRIBLE TEXAS STORM

by Thos. J. Kelly (1900)

 

Verse 1

The sun was brightly shining down in good old Texas state;

All hearts were gay and happy with no thought of cruel fate.

The children played upon the streets without a single care,

While hum of toil and business echoed on the morning air.

 

But suddenly the sky grew dark; then came the wind and rain

Until the country 'round was battling with a hurricane,

And as the tempest roared and raged, the angry gulf waves sped

Along the coast until a host were numbered with the dead.

 

 

Chorus

Many a home with grief is sad, many a heart is aching.

Many a loved one sleeps the sleep that knows no dawn of waking.

Many a life has passed away and stilled a heart once warm,

For lives and homes have passed away in the terrible Texas storm.

 

 

Verse 2

In Galveston alone a thousand felt the hand of death

And twenty towns were withered by the cyclone's cruel breath.

And where the happy children played and busy toilers trod

A countless host of helpless lives went forth to meet their God.

 

How many souls were lost that day, no one will ever know,

But thousands weep with hearts bowed down beneath the cruel blow.

And all the nation mourns September 8th, the fatal day

When Texas felt the storm that swept those lives and homes away.

 

 

Chorus
Many a home with grief is sad, many a heart is aching.
Many a loved one sleeps the sleep that knows no dawn of waking.
Many a life has passed away and stilled a heart once warm,
For lives and homes have passed away in the terrible Texas storm.

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

3 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

And, lest we forget the worst ever, 117 years ago today:

http://www.1900storm.com

The picture gallery is particularly chilling.

Yeah, I haven't looked in a while, but know what you mean.  ETA:  Looked, briefly.  I now remember the orphanage thing from a visit to Galveston many years ago.  Terrible past of their history.  Ironically (or not), it happened on 8 Sep.

 

I used to work out of Cameron, LA.  It was nearly wiped off the map, I am told, not quite as bad as Indianola.  What remains is... kind of desolate, even today.  

Edited September 8, 2017 by IDWAF

[Ban Hammer 12,829]

13 hours ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Looks like for once I may be wrong. They are back to straight across home plate now 

the above is incorrect.  the poster may be mistaken, but never wrong.

[TBoneTX 43,018]

6 hours ago, IDWAF said:

Cameron, LA.  It was nearly wiped off the map, I am told, not quite as bad as Indianola.  What remains is... kind of desolate, even today.

Hard to find out what happened to Holly Beach, but it was probably turned into matchsticks by Rita.

3 hours ago, Ban Hammer said:

the above is incorrect.  the poster may be mistaken, but never wrong.

You, and he, are misled!

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

2 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

 

You, and he, are misled!

Improbable, your hypothesis is...

[Neonred 3,444]

Busy day making hurricane preparations.  Time for a beer. 

 

Just got a phone call from a good friend that I have not heard from in a while.  He is a climatologist and one of his good friends does modeling for hurricane track forecasting. He has been watching this hurricane.  He told me to GET THE F OUT OF NAPLES.  He begged me to leave.  He says this storm is going to be a killer, and worse than Andrew.  He believes the storm will be a Cat 5 and the eye will go over us in Naples.  There will be catastrophic damage.   Unfortunately I am commited to staying....

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

52 minutes ago, Neonred said:

Busy day making hurricane preparations.  Time for a beer. 

 

Just got a phone call from a good friend that I have not heard from in a while.  He is a climatologist and one of his good friends does modeling for hurricane track forecasting. He has been watching this hurricane.  He told me to GET THE F OUT OF NAPLES.  He begged me to leave.  He says this storm is going to be a killer, and worse than Andrew.  He believes the storm will be a Cat 5 and the eye will go over us in Naples.  There will be catastrophic damage.   Unfortunately I am commited to staying....

Fingers crossed, prayers and thoughts. How much 🍺, what brand and do you have ice to keep it cold?

[Mary Lou 670]

2 hours ago, Neonred said:

Busy day making hurricane preparations.  Time for a beer. 

 

Just got a phone call from a good friend that I have not heard from in a while.  He is a climatologist and one of his good friends does modeling for hurricane track forecasting. He has been watching this hurricane.  He told me to GET THE F OUT OF NAPLES.  He begged me to leave.  He says this storm is going to be a killer, and worse than Andrew.  He believes the storm will be a Cat 5 and the eye will go over us in Naples.  There will be catastrophic damage.   Unfortunately I am commited to staying....

Please take care and i hope you will be safe.

[TBoneTX 43,018]

4 hours ago, Neonred said:

There will be catastrophic damage.   Unfortunately I am commited to staying....

May heaven have mercy.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

1 hour ago, TBoneTX said:

May heaven have mercy.

They just said on the WC,  staying in the keys was not survivable 

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

6 hours ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

They just said on the WC,  staying in the keys was not survivable 

The caretakers of the Hemingway house are dug in with three employees. It the highest spot in the keys and we are told the building has been unscathed since built...still

[trudi 1,317]

13 hours ago, Neonred said:

Busy day making hurricane preparations.  Time for a beer. 

 

Just got a phone call from a good friend that I have not heard from in a while.  He is a climatologist and one of his good friends does modeling for hurricane track forecasting. He has been watching this hurricane.  He told me to GET THE F OUT OF NAPLES.  He begged me to leave.  He says this storm is going to be a killer, and worse than Andrew.  He believes the storm will be a Cat 5 and the eye will go over us in Naples.  There will be catastrophic damage.   Unfortunately I am commited to staying....

Please stay safe

[Dashinka 23,199]

13 hours ago, Neonred said:

Busy day making hurricane preparations.  Time for a beer. 

 

Just got a phone call from a good friend that I have not heard from in a while.  He is a climatologist and one of his good friends does modeling for hurricane track forecasting. He has been watching this hurricane.  He told me to GET THE F OUT OF NAPLES.  He begged me to leave.  He says this storm is going to be a killer, and worse than Andrew.  He believes the storm will be a Cat 5 and the eye will go over us in Naples.  There will be catastrophic damage.   Unfortunately I am commited to staying....

I hope everyone stays safe.  Keep us updated as long as you can. 

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

21 hours ago, Neonred said:

Busy day making hurricane preparations.  Time for a beer. 

 

Just got a phone call from a good friend that I have not heard from in a while.  He is a climatologist and one of his good friends does modeling for hurricane track forecasting. He has been watching this hurricane.  He told me to GET THE F OUT OF NAPLES.  He begged me to leave.  He says this storm is going to be a killer, and worse than Andrew.  He believes the storm will be a Cat 5 and the eye will go over us in Naples.  There will be catastrophic damage.   Unfortunately I am commited to staying....

They are talking Naples being under water. Hope you ok