I heard my Mother and Grand Mother talk about the grade raising. They said it was horrible while it was going on. Stink,, mud and mosquitoes were definitely bad. With the 1915 storm, my Grand Father paid the last note on their home and that night, it was blown away due the Hurricane. They had to start all over once again.
SHOULD HAVE BEEN 10 FEET!! NOW IF THEY WITH THOSE TOOLS COULD RAISE THE ISLAND WHY CANT TODAYS ISLANDS DO THE SAME!!?? WHY MONEY (MONEY) WAS AT THE CENTER THEN (FOR) THE REASON THEY SAID YES, YES, BUILD THE DAMN THING WE WERE MAKING MONEY UNTIL THAT STORM. TODAY IT IS NO, NO (HELL) NO WE WONT RAISE THE SHORES OR ISLANDS THERE IS (NO) MONEY IN IT SO WATER IN YOUR YARD, HOUSE, LIVING ROOM IT IS!! JUST SAYING OLD ONE LEGGED JOSEPH T RETIRED NAVY
SHOULD HAVE BEEN 10 FEET!! NOW IF THEY WITH THOSE TOOLS COULD RAISE THE ISLAND WHY CANT TODAYS ISLANDS DO THE SAME!!?? WHY MONEY (MONEY) WAS AT THE CENTER THEN (FOR) THE REASON THEY SAID YES, YES, BUILD THE DAMN THING WE WERE MAKING MONEY UNTIL THAT STORM. TODAY IT IS NO, NO (HELL) NO WE WONT RAISE THE SHORES OR ISLANDS THERE IS (NO) MONEY IN IT SO WATER IN YOUR YARD, HOUSE, LIVING ROOM IT IS!! JUST SAYING OLD ONE LEGGED JOSEPH T RETIRED NAVY
@@candisbrendel7396 Maybe it depends on the voting in the city, and what the people want. I'm not aware of any flooding other than Miami of course it's not an island.
over 12,000 estimated deaths total from the storm. Only 6,000 of them were on Galveston. The storm didn't hit the island and then disappear. A category 4 is a seriously huge and powerful storm system. It hit the mainland as well, in the dead of the night, and without warning. Being born in Texas City and living in Galveston county basically my entire 51 years, that thought is terrifying. I lived in Galveston when Ike hit. It made landfall about two blocks from my front door. I'm still in Galveston county, but the morning of the day Ike hit was the last day I lived on the island. It now takes about ten minutes from my driveway to the island side of the causeway.
SHOULD HAVE BEEN 10 FEET!! NOW IF THEY WITH THOSE TOOLS COULD RAISE THE ISLAND WHY CANT TODAYS ISLANDS DO THE SAME!!?? WHY MONEY (MONEY) WAS AT THE CENTER THEN (FOR) THE REASON THEY SAID YES, YES, BUILD THE DAMN THING WE WERE MAKING MONEY UNTIL THAT STORM. TODAY IT IS NO, NO (HELL) NO WE WONT RAISE THE SHORES OR ISLANDS THERE IS (NO) MONEY IN IT SO WATER IN YOUR YARD, HOUSE, LIVING ROOM IT IS!! JUST SAYING OLD ONE LEGGED JOSEPH T RETIRED NAVY
I heard my Mother and Grand Mother talk about the grade raising. They said it was horrible while it was going on. Stink,, mud and mosquitoes were definitely bad. With the 1915 storm, my Grand Father paid the last note on their home and that night, it was blown away due the Hurricane. They had to start all over once again.
I can’t believe how much work they put into this just to live here -
Talk about *"a task"!* Mercy, that was an Engineering Project! 🏆
Well done, enjoyed the history/photography. I will put this on Galveston County Museum website!
SHOULD HAVE BEEN 10 FEET!! NOW IF THEY WITH THOSE TOOLS COULD RAISE THE ISLAND WHY CANT TODAYS ISLANDS DO THE SAME!!?? WHY MONEY (MONEY) WAS AT THE CENTER THEN (FOR) THE REASON THEY SAID YES, YES, BUILD THE DAMN THING WE WERE MAKING MONEY UNTIL THAT STORM. TODAY IT IS NO, NO (HELL) NO WE WONT RAISE THE SHORES OR ISLANDS THERE IS (NO) MONEY IN IT SO WATER IN YOUR YARD, HOUSE, LIVING ROOM IT IS!! JUST SAYING OLD ONE LEGGED JOSEPH T RETIRED NAVY
My great grandmother Matthews was born on the island in 1876.
I am proud to be a Texan! What amazing innovation
There a few Proud Tennesseans that are proud for ya too! 😁
Tennessee, *"The Volunteer State"*
Me too!!
Same #metoo
Awesome video! The dog at the end 🤣
Nice little video. Glad to call Galveston and A&M my home👍
Bruh. You're in my Uche class this semester. Small world
@@cats400 well ain't that a bitch
@@cats400 Ha! Funny! What are the odds???
Talk about innovation.
Very interesting! I always wondered how they went about raising the city.
SHOULD HAVE BEEN 10 FEET!! NOW IF THEY WITH THOSE TOOLS COULD RAISE THE ISLAND WHY CANT TODAYS ISLANDS DO THE SAME!!?? WHY MONEY (MONEY) WAS AT THE CENTER THEN (FOR) THE REASON THEY SAID YES, YES, BUILD THE DAMN THING WE WERE MAKING MONEY UNTIL THAT STORM. TODAY IT IS NO, NO (HELL) NO WE WONT RAISE THE SHORES OR ISLANDS THERE IS (NO) MONEY IN IT SO WATER IN YOUR YARD, HOUSE, LIVING ROOM IT IS!! JUST SAYING OLD ONE LEGGED JOSEPH T RETIRED NAVY
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@@candisbrendel7396 Maybe it depends on the voting in the city, and what the people want. I'm not aware of any flooding other than Miami of course it's not an island.
@@candisbrendel7396 it was 17 feet.
Great video. Thank you.
the seawall was built 17 feet tall.
Awesome video
Hard to believe the official story here
I thought it was 17 feet. Also it was over 12000 deaths estimated, and not one penny of federal money went into the entire project.
over 12,000 estimated deaths total from the storm. Only 6,000 of them were on Galveston. The storm didn't hit the island and then disappear. A category 4 is a seriously huge and powerful storm system. It hit the mainland as well, in the dead of the night, and without warning. Being born in Texas City and living in Galveston county basically my entire 51 years, that thought is terrifying. I lived in Galveston when Ike hit. It made landfall about two blocks from my front door. I'm still in Galveston county, but the morning of the day Ike hit was the last day I lived on the island. It now takes about ten minutes from my driveway to the island side of the causeway.
Great video
Isn't Galveston very small?
The reason only 8 lives were lost in 1915 because people left Galveston. They still had fresh memories of the 1900 storm.
How many left?
5'32"? So ...7'8"?
SHOULD HAVE BEEN 10 FEET!! NOW IF THEY WITH THOSE TOOLS COULD RAISE THE ISLAND WHY CANT TODAYS ISLANDS DO THE SAME!!?? WHY MONEY (MONEY) WAS AT THE CENTER THEN (FOR) THE REASON THEY SAID YES, YES, BUILD THE DAMN THING WE WERE MAKING MONEY UNTIL THAT STORM. TODAY IT IS NO, NO (HELL) NO WE WONT RAISE THE SHORES OR ISLANDS THERE IS (NO) MONEY IN IT SO WATER IN YOUR YARD, HOUSE, LIVING ROOM IT IS!! JUST SAYING OLD ONE LEGGED JOSEPH T RETIRED NAVY
Walter Shattenkirk answered that for me about a year ago. He wrote, "The video is 5:32 in duration."
[5' 32"]...so math was never your strong point.
WOW !!!!
What does this mean (in the video caption): *5' 32"*
I'm talking about the [32"] part. I'm guessing that's a typo?
The video is 5:32 in duration
Thank you!!
Why not edit the title? 5'32" makes no sense. The video is 5:32 or 5 minutes and 32 seconds long.
WTF?
Who came here from online school
John??
Anyone came from online school?
yes
Judi-Sue V I’m haider btw
Why couldn’t they just make a hill instead of raising the whole frickin island
Huh
A hill ?
Smh...a hill? Sure, let's just make the island a bowl for the hill to hold water on the island.
The whole island was not raised.
waste of time and effort
Yeap