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[26] [27] However, Bolivar Peninsula, at the entrance to Galveston Bay, was nearer to the eastern side of the eye. The morning high tide (on 2008-09-13), adding 2.3 ft (0.70 m), occurred at 4:14 am CDT at the Galveston Bay entrance. [28] The total eastern storm tide was then nearly 16 ft (4.9 m) by landfall at 2:10 am, with higher waves on top.
Until June 2013, about 10 people drowned near San Luis pass on the Galveston side since 2001, [4] and of those about 6 drowned there since 2007. [5] The depth of the pass varies in depths to 40 feet deep. [1] Tides cause daily variations in topography, and occasionally, storms more drastically change the topography of the pass.
However, itemized estimates from 1901 based on assessments conducted by the Galveston News, the Galveston chamber of commerce, a relief committee, and multiple insurance companies indicated that the storm caused just over $17 million in damage throughout Galveston, including about $8.44 million to residential properties, $500,000 to churches ...
Tidal range is the difference in height between high tide and low tide. Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and Sun, by Earth's rotation and by centrifugal force caused by Earth's progression around the Earth-Moon barycenter. Tidal range depends on time and location.
Wasn't That a Mighty Storm" / "Galveston Flood" It was the year of 1900 that was 80 years ago Death come'd a howling on the ocean and when death calls you've got to go Galveston had a sea wall just to keep the water down But a high tide from the ocean blew the water all over the town Chorus Wasn't that a mighty storm
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