| Galveston
& Texas History Center, Rosenberg Library |
| www.gthcenter.org/exhibits/storms |
| This website operated
through the Rosenberg Library in Galveston includes historical
photographs and information about the 1900 storm and other hurricanes,
lists of storm victims, and details about the seawall and grade
raising. |
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| Texas
Seaport Museum |
| www.tsm-elissa.org |
| At
this website you can learn the history of the Elissa,
a restored tall ship anchored at Galveston, find out the meaning
of seafaring terms, check the passenger manifests to see if
one of your ancestors immigrated to Texas through the Galveston
port, and discover links to other maritime websites. |
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| Galveston
Historical Foundation |
| www.galvestonhistory.com/history.htm |
| Discover facts and
trivia about Galveston’s past. This progressive beachfront
city chalked up several “firsts” in Texas, including the state’s
first bakery, first post office, first telephone and first
electric lights. |
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| Federal
Emergency Management Association |
| www.fema.gov/kids/hurr.htm |
| This
site provides information about hurricanes, profiles and pictures
of rescue dogs, plus games and other activities. |
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| Miami
Museum of Science |
| www.miamisci.org/hurricane |
| This
site offers activities such as how to make your own weather
station instruments. You’ll also find lots of photos, and
information about how scientists use weather planes. |
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| National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| www.nws.noaa.gov/om/reachout/kidspage.shtml
(geared for 2nd-5th grade) |
| This
site features information on hurricanes, tornadoes and other
severe weather, as well as links to other educational websites. |
| www.oar.noaa.gov/k12/
(geared for middle school students) |
| This
site provides older students with research and investigation
experiences using real on-line data from NOAA. |
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| National
Hurricane Center |
| www.nhc.noaa.gov/ (5th
grade and above) |
| This
site lists statistics on history’s deadliest, costliest and
most intense storms. You’ll also find hurricane tracking maps
and details on active storms. |
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| Hurricane City |
| www.hurricanecity.com/ |
| A favorite site
among hurricane trackers, Hurricane City offers live audio broadcasting,
radar images of active storms, interviews with people on the
scene, links with local news programs, book reviews (including
an audio interview with authors like me) and other resources.
The Washington Post calls it "one-stop shopping" for
hurricane information. |
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| Website
suggestions compiled by Julie Lake, author of Galveston’s
Summer of the Storm, an upper-elementary historical novel
chronicling the 1900 Galveston hurricane. |
