What year, month, and day did the hurricane make landfall?
During the evening before (Friday) the landfall, many of the 37,000 residents of this community were settling down to dinner, few if any of them concerned about the steady 15 mph northerly wind rattling their windows. Within 48 hours, at least 8,000 of the townspeople would be dead, victims of the single worst natural disaster in U.S. history. (http://www.disasterrelief.org/Disasters/980813Galveston/) For more information, read the excellent book: Isaac’s Storm: A Man, A Time and The Deadliest Hurricane in History by Eric Larson, The Crown Publishing Group, 1999, ISBN 0-609-60233-0. How Many Hurricanes Have Passed Near My Hometown? The hurricane you just analyzed was not the only hurricane to pass near this city. With a GIS, you can determine how many hurricanes passed near this or any other city. Begin with finding out how many hurricanes passed within 50 miles of Galveston. First, select the city of Galveston from the usacities layer by clicking on the Options button > Select by Attr
