re: How did they track hurricanes in the 1900s?

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I need to read the book "Isaac's Storm."

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That was a great book. Issac was a US weather guy sent to Galveston. He knew the Cubans were the best at forecasting and they were saying the storm was going to the guld coast. But the US guys in DC refused to believe anyone was better than they were and they were convinced the storm was going to curve and go up the east coast.

As a side note the destruction in Galveston was so severe and complete that they used the big piles of rubbish and debris left over to build up the height of the island to the current height. Filled around it with dirt.