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Americans were dead, 6,000 of them right here in galveston. it is still to this day the deadliest natural disaster in u.s. history. a horrible event commemorated by this poignant statue on the galveston seawall. when the storm passed, dazed survivors emerge to a galveston they could not recognize. city streets filled with mounds of rubble. >> the degree from the houses and property and animals acmulated during the course of the storm became a wall of debris that protected the northern part of the island from the rest of the storm and water. we know that that debris line extended for maybe 2 mi...

Galveston. it is still to this day the deadliest natural disaster in u.s. history.ig a horrible event commemorated by this poignant statue on the galveston seawall. when the storm passed, dazed survivors emerged to a galveston they could not recognize. city streets filled with mounds of rubble. >> the debris from the houses and property and animals accumulated during the course of the storm became a wall ofer debris that protected the northern part of the island from the rest of the storm and water. we know that that debris line extended for maybe 2 miles and at some places was much as two sto...

I want to know why this is true. behind me, this house did not get impacted, but you can see the debris line and the dock that was ruined and washed up on this gentlemen's driveway and you can see the debris that made it up from halfway along his individual yard. this is the scene from gulfport eastward. we have bulldozers and dump trucks clearing the sand that was brought in by the force of the ocean. that storm surge piled up all this debris across the area and the clean up for the roads continues to stretch along. it's difficult to drive on highway 90. that important roadway that was damage...

And when you lose your balance is when it's dangerous. k get off balance, get taken down, and then you're in the water. and don't forget in the water there's all types of debris floating there. it could be a two-by-four or some driftwood and that could weigh 80 to 200 pounds and if it hits you it could break your leg. there's all types of dangers associated with this. and right now it looks like they're on high ground. but nonetheless we're not too far from there. we're on a sidewalk where i think we can make our way quakely if we need to again. we've come down from where we were 11 feet above...

Great effort and enthusiasm to want to get in and help. you can see in the video people are making debris line and being able to help. there is a benefit in that it gives you force capacity of people, but when you want to get into the building, you really need expertise to be able to get in and shore that building up and be able to safely get to where the victims are located. and so sometimes when you have too many people it's a little chaotic. you can see the things here it's asking people to be quiet. it's very difficult at times to get the crowd to be quiet. they're not really using -- it d...