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WOS87 Posted September 26, 2008 Author Report Posted September 26, 2008 I found the front page of the news after the big storm of 1915 hit and posted the link above. It really demonstrates what a difference the seawall makes. The following list was released prior to Ike, which I'm sure will rank somewhere within the top 10. That will make Galveston the site of landfall of 3 of the 10 costliest hurricanes to hit the U.S. Costliest U.S. Atlantic hurricanes Total estimated property damage, adjusted for wealth normalization (according to Pielke et al. (2008)). Rank Hurricane Season Cost (2005 USD) 1 “Miami†1926 $157 billion 2 “Galveston†1900 $99.4 billion 3 Katrina 2005 $81.0 billion 4 “Galveston†1915 $68.0 billion 5 Andrew 1992 $55.8 billion 6 “New England†1938 $39.2 billion 7 “Pinar del RÃo†1944 $38.7 billion 8 “Okeechobee†1928 $33.6 billion 9 Donna 1960 $26.8 billion 10 Camille 1969 $21.2 billion
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