Larsson focuses his story on Isaac Cline, the senior U.S. Weather Bureau official in Galveston who failed to warn citizens that a hurricane was coming. Of course, it wasn’t all his fault ...

One-third of the city was literally swept off the map as violent waves, in the words of Isaac Cline, "acted as a battering ram." Six thousand people lost their lives, among them Cline's wife.

Isaac Cline, formerly President of the Window-Glass Workers Association, says ... View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...