The Storm: Monday, August 27, 1900 Here, and in subsequent chapters, I relied on an unpublished report by Jose Fernandez-Partagas, a late-twentieth-century meteorologist who re-created for the National Hurricane Center the tracks of many historical hurricanes, among them the Galveston hurricane. He was a meticulous researcher given to long hours in the library of the University of Miami, where he died on August 25, 1997, in his favorite couch. He had no money, no family, no friends—only hurricanes. The hurricane center claimed his body, had him cremated, and on August 31, 1998, launched his
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