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Indianola Hurricane
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1886_Indianola_hurricane

125th Anniversary Indianola Hurricane
http://www.indianolatx.com/Indianola125th.html


Before 1900 Galveston and Katrina there was 1886 Indianola Hurricane. It is one of the most intense hurricane to make landfall. Only Katrina, Andrew, Camille, and 1935 Labor Day Hurricane are more intense. 1886 had a drought, likely one of the worst besides 1917-1918, 1950-1957, and this one. 1886 had a huge freeze earlier that year. It did end the drought too. Perhaps, we could be seeing a repeat of 1886? 1886 had four hurricanes hitting Texas, the most prior to 2004. Also, Florida was hit by 3 hurricanes and within days apart in same location! Talk about that happening today. Indianola was destroyed in the 1886 Hurricane and Galveston grew as a result only to be destroyed in the 1900 Hurricane.

Thanks Ptarmigan for sharing! Could you imagine the amount of damage that would occur with another 1886 hurricane?

Katdaddy wrote:Thanks Ptarmigan for sharing! Could you imagine the amount of damage that would occur with another 1886 hurricane?

The damage would be great if it happened today.

It's amazing that this storm may have changed the course of history for SE Texas. If the hurricane doesn't hit Indianola, then that town may have grown into a major port and might have diverted the eventual economic and population growth that occurred in Houston due to the Ship Channel.