>>>>>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.
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>>>Well considering the Russians launched the first satellite in 1959(?) and the first airplane to fly over a hurricane did not happen until WWII...
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>>First Russian satellite was launched October 4, 1957.
>>To clarify, it was launched before the first American satellite. (Explorer 1, January 31, 1958).
>>:)
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>You mean, the first satellite ever launched was launched even before a USA launch!
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>Man, a lot of people in this country are going to be aggravated by this news!
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>GRD very very very fast!
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>Alex
Alex;
If we knew then what we know now about high technology - we would have outsourced the space race! :)
Tom
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