i often think about what they would have experienced walking out the door on the next day and looking at what had happened and what was around them. jon: but this better communicating would not be beaten. neighbors pitched in helping neighbors and finding solace wherever possible. it became a place of priority because it was a place of healing. it was a place that was nonreligious, nonpolitical. it was a place where people came together. jon: galveston s grand opera house, though severely damaged in the storm, became a source of comfort and hope for the shaken residents of a once grand city. they could weep together over the horrible loss of life and the devastation of that storm, or they might, and left for a moment, forget about their problems. jon: though the great storm of 1900 bought this booming city to its knees, the people of galveston rebuild and fortify it, constructing a seawall bolstered by granite boulders 1o
out the door on the next day and looking at what had happened and what was around them. jon: but this battered community would not be beaten. neighbors pitched in helping neighbors and finding solace wherever possible. it became a place of priority because it was a place of healing. it was a place that was nonreligious, nonpolitical. it was a place where people came together. jon: galveston s grand opera house, though severely damaged in the storm, became a source of comfort and hope for the shaken residents of a once grand city. they could weep together over the horrible loss of life and the devastation of that storm, or they might come and laugh for a moment, forget about their problems., jon: though the great storm of 1900 brought this booming city to its knees, the people of galveston rebuilt and fortify it, constructing a seawall bolstered by granite boulders 17 feet high and 6 miles long tl
and what was around them. jon: is better community would not be beaten. neighbors pitched in helping neighbors and finding solace wherever possible. it became a place a priority for the city because it was a place of healing, it was a place that was nonreligious, nonpolitical. it was a place where people came together. jon: galveston s grand opera house though severely damaged in the storm, became a source of comfort and hope for the shaken residents of a once grand city. they could group together, or they might come and laugh and forget about everything. jon: all of the great storm 1900 brought this booming city to its knees, the people of galveston rebuilt and fortified, constructing a seawall bolstered by granite boulders, 17 feet high and 6 miles long. it will protect them from future