It's only human to be fascinated by disasters-and uplifted by reports of survival in the face of overwhelming circumstances. Mike Cox takes you back to Texas's most catastrophic events, vividly re-creating the moments that changed the Lone Star State forever. The nineteen true stories in Texas Disasters are a chilling reminder to expect the unexpected and to respect the powerful, often deadly forces of nature. Experience the drama of:A Spanish fleet stranded off the coast of South Padre Island in 1554 The 1867 Yellow Fever epidemic, so widespread some towns never recoveredThe Galveston hurricane of 1900, the nation's worst until Katrina in 2005A1912 railroad boiler disaster, the worst in U.S. historyThe SS Marine Sulphur Queen's mysterious disappearance in 1963
Inhaltsverzeichnis
(1) Introduction (2) South Padre Island shipwreck, 1544 (3) "Yellow Jack": Yellow fever epidemic, 1867 (4) Indianola hurricanes, 1875 (5) Galveston hurricanes, 1900 (6) Goliad tornado, 1902 (7) Paris burning, 1877 (8) Boiler explosion on locomotive no. 704, 1912 (9) Central Texas flood, 1921 (10) Rocksprings tornado, 1927 (11) New London school explosion, 1937 (12) Houston hotel fire, 1943 (13) Texas City ship explosion, 1947 (14) Waco/San Angelo twisters, 1953 (15) Texas drought, 1950s (16) The blizzard of '56 (17) Disappearance of the Sulphur Queen, 1963 (18) Sanderson flood, 1965 (19) Wichita Falls tornado, 1979 (20) Aviation disasters, 1985-2003 (21) Afterword on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (22) Texas disasters timeline (23) Bibliography
