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The map in 1900. somewhere between 8,000 and 12,000 people were killed. and they had no clue what was coming at them. the storm of the century is as much a historical document that will forever change how we forecast weather. let's talk about the prospective of this storm. this was incredible in 1900, help us to understand the kind of damage that it did. >> it destroyed 80% of the buildings in galveston, galveston was in 1900, an up and coming city. it had electricity, streetlig streetlights. it was a bustling port city. it had per capita more millionaires than any place in the united states. ...