Isaac Cline, resident meteorologist for Texas, believed 'no storm could do serious harm' to the city of Galveston.Erik Larson
Our progress became grandeur...men and women’s arrogance grew. And they began to challenge the supremacy of God.Erik Larson
His voice assumed the quality of a man talking to himself in the dark, filling the world with words that for the moment at least illuminated the abyss.Erik Larson
There was pleasure in being the bearer of bad news. The worse the news, the better the time.Erik Larson
The scientists of the day thought they had conquered the weather, and Cline trusted them too much.Erik Larson
A wild sea is a friendly thing compared to a calm sea at numbing temperatures. With the addition of a storm, it was something beyond ferocity.Erik Larson
His wife belonged to her children and to this man and to this house and to God and to the storm outside. All these claims upon her soul, and no time, no place, no thought for herself.Erik Larson
Every swirl of tide and current, every puff of wind brought news of the hurricane.Erik Larson
If Galveston would remember, then Texas would remember, and the nation and the world. But first Galveston had to live through the storm.Erik Larson
Every advance of civilization exacted some priceErik Larson