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True-life stories of survival against insurmountable odds, especially in natural catastrophes, hold a certain fascination for us all. That Terrible Texas Weather puts the reader in the eye of the storm and at the crest of the flood.
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That Terrible Texas Weather : Tales of Storms, Drought, Destruction, and Perseverance
author
:
Boggs, Johnny D.
publisher
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Republic of Texas Press
isbn10 | asin
:
1556227272
print isbn13
:
9781556227271
ebook isbn13
:
9780585227924
language
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English
subject
Storms--Texas--History--19th century, Storms--Texas--History--20th century, Natural disasters--Texas--History--19th century, Natural disasters--Texas--History--19th century.
publication date
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2000
lcc
:
QC943.5.U6B64 2000eb
ddc
:
551.55/09764
subject
:
Storms--Texas--History--19th century, Storms--Texas--History--20th century, Natural disasters--Texas--History--19th century, Natural disasters--Texas--History--19th century.
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That Terrible Texas Weather
Tales of Storms, Drought, Destruction, and Perseverance
Johnny D. Boggs
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Boggs, Johnny D. That terrible Texas weather : tales of storms, drought, destruction, and perseverance / by Johnny D. Boggs. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-55622-727-2 (pb) 1. Storms--Texas--History--19th century. 2. Storms--Texas--History- 20th century. 3. Natural disasters--Texas--History--19th century. I. Title. QC943.5U6 B64 2000 551.55'09764dc21 99-049503 CIP
2000, Johnny D. Boggs
All Rights Reserved
Republic of Texas Press is an imprint of Wordware Publishing, Inc. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from Wordware Publishing, Inc.
Printed in the United States of America
ISBN 1-55622-727-2 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 9912
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For the Sports Copy Desks at the Dallas Times Herald 19841991 and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram 19921998
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"If I owned Texas and all hell, I would rent out Texas and live in hell." General Philip H. Sheridan
"Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it." Mark Twain
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Contents
Acknowledgments
vii
Introduction
ix
Chapter 1 A Wild May in Dallas County, 1856 "This is No Earthly Storm"
1
Chapter 2 The Indianola Hurricane of 1875 "Send Us Help, for God's Sake"
5
Chapter 3 The Ben Ficklin Flood of 1882 "So Terrible a Calamity"
13
Chapter 4 The Blizzard of 1886 "That Was the Worst Winter I Ever Saw"
20
Chapter 5 The Indianola Hurricane of 1886 "That Town is a Complete Wreck"
29
Chapter 6 The Drought of 18901894 "The Air Was Rancid"
39
Chapter 7 The Rainmaking Experiment of 1891 "Producing Rainfall by Concussion"
45
Chapter 8 The Brazos River Flood of 1899 "Now Everything is Gone"
54
Chapter 9 The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 The Storm "Darkness is Overwhelming Us"
59
Chapter 10 The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 The Aftermath "I Have No More Family"
71
Chapter 11 The Goliad Tornado of 1902 "God Seemed Nigh"
86
Chapter 12 The Corpus Christi Hurricane of 1919 "I Want to Forget it All As Soon As Possible"
98
Chapter 13 The Austin Tornadoes of 1922 "It Was a Terrible Thing"
111
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Chapter 14 A Day of Tornadoes, May 6, 1930 "Every Violent Gesture at Nature's Command"
118
Chapter 15 The Panhandle Dust Storm of 1935 "It Was Just As Black As Midnight"
129
Chapter 16 The Drought of the 1950s "This Thing Was Just Going to Keep On and On"
135
Chapter 17 The San Angelo and Waco Tornadoes of 1953 "The Monster From the Sky"
147
Chapter 18 The Sanderson Flood of 1965 "Your Town is Washing Away"
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