Century of Galveston Weather: 1900-1999 People and the Elements on a Barrier Island

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Galveston is the site of the greatest natural disaster in the Uinited States, and a densely populated barrier island whose very topography has been reconfigured in response to natural threats. This is a comprehensive chronology of the weather events that have shaped the city and the island over the past one hundred years. The author provides a narrative history, detailing how Galvestonians have been affected by and have responded to these climatic events, and examines the continuing challenges faced by those who choose to live along the vulnerable Texas Gulf Coast. While the disastrous hurricane of 1900 is treated in full, the author details the weather year by year with more than two hundred photographs, many never published. A retired social worker living in Galveston, Blazyk has been a life-long weather enthusiast. After two years at the Texas State Archives, he spent twenty-four years at the University of Texas Medical Branch, where he was interim director of the Department of Social Work and an instructor at the School of Allied Health Sciences.
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  • ISBN-13: 9781571684431
  • Publisher: Eakin Press
  • Publication date: 1/28/2000
  • Pages: 448
  • Product dimensions: 6.07 (w) x 8.84 (h) x 1.15 (d)

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 27, 2008

    Get Weather-wise About Galveston's Weather & Climate History

    Mr. Blazyk is known for his thoughtful wisdom concerning matters of climate & weather pertaining to the Island of Galveston. As a hurricane historian, I have seeked him out many times when searching for facts and dates to help research that has ran into a dead-end. This book is a wonderful collection of information that any 'BOI' would be proud to own, either way you explain being a 'BOI'. Most Galveston Islanders know that 'BOI' is short for 'Born On the Island', while some Mainlanders laugh and proclaim it as meaning, Born Off the Island, lol. Wrapping this up, I do know for a fact that the National Hurricane Center's Director, Bill Read, and the Meteorologist-in-Charge of the Weather Service Forecast Office for the Houston/Galveston Area, Gene Hafele both respect Mr. Blazyk and his book.

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