Storms, Population Growth Collide ; During Decades of Relative Calm, Millions Moved to Southern Coasts

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For the second time in a matter of weeks, we've witnessed the panicked evacuation of a major American city as a monster hurricane bore down on the Gulf Coast.

Last month, it was New Orleans. This week, Houston and surrounding communities, including Galveston, which a century ago was destroyed by the Great Storm that killed 6,000 men, women and children.

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Storms, Population Growth Collide ; During Decades of Relative Calm, Millions Moved to Southern Coasts

The horrors of Galveston in 1900 are worth remembering in this context:

The hurricane that virtually wiped that city off the face of the earth and forever changed the Texas coast c...

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