Isaac’s Storm: The Drowning of Galveston, 8 September 1900Galveston, Texas, 8 September 1900. Its another fine day in the Gulf according to Isaac Cline, chief observer of the new US Weather Bureau, but one day later, 6 10,000 people were dead, wiped out by the biggest storm the coast of America had ever witnessed. Isaac Cline was confident of his ability to predict the weather: he had new technology at his disposal, perfect science, and, like America itself, he was sure that he was in control of his world,