>>Sept. 8, 1900: The Galveston hurricane was deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history, killing from 8,000 to 12,000 people.
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>That was before they had satellites and hurricane hunters right? They probably didn't know what hit them.

Well considering the Russians launched the first satellite in 1959(?) and the first airplane to fly over a hurricane did not happen until WWII...