1. Hurricanes and hurricane warning: How have the understanding of hurricanes and early warning systems changed since 1900? Despite improved understanding and early warning, what problems remain?
2. Social, economic. infrastructural context: Galveston was a major port involved primarily in cotton export. Florida is a tourist/vacation destination with a high number of retirees. Galveston was an island connected to mainland by railroad. Florida is a peninsula connect to the rest of the country by highways and air plane networks. Galveston relied on telegraph and telephone, then a relatively new invention. Florida’s population is connected by cellphone and social media apps. How did these differences, and any others you care to discuss, shape the response to disaster?
3. Construction: How did construction (materials, location, design) prevent of worsen the disasters in Galveston and Florida? Did rebuilding efforts indicate a tendency to rebuild the familiar or an effort to use new designs and approaches to improve resilience?
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