I think that this picture ties everyone into it. This
picture shows that they all suffered losses and they all needed to work
together as a team to rebuild what they once called home.
Weekend in September
Friday, April 12, 2013
Summary of Wekend in September
The book starts off with it being a nice day and a very humid
and hot day in Galveston. Next they start by introducing characters and how
they feel about the storm. Then they start to say well then the pressure went
down then the temperature had gotten so high it hit the top of the thermometers.
The next part a person named Captain J.W Simmons sets sail with his crew when
in the middle of the night it starts pouring and pouring then the drain gutters
start to flood and the water just gets higher and higher and in the morning when
they wake up they have to wade through water. And the air pressure just keeps
getting lower and lower and the water just gets higher and higher and waves are
crashing in. The water was covering so track some people had to sit in a train
until the storm was over. Next people start running inside their houses and hiding
and the hurricane hit. After the storm people came out to see the destruction.
The people of Galveston estimate a thousand people dead but when they went
looking for survivors they found out it was seven thousand people dead. They
then sent for help from other cities that were close by. After the storm everyone
was sad they said it was hard for them to survive through the winter.
Joseph Cline
Joseph Cline was a twenty nine year old and rented a room in
his brother Isaac Cline house. Joseph had also like his brother received a doctors
of philosophy degree at Add-Ran University.
Joseph Cline In 1892 had come to Galveston from the Cline home in Monroe
Country, Tennessee. He was a drummer that worked for sixty dollars a month after
leaving a less profitable teaching business. Joseph left sales jobs and was
given the position of an assistant weather observer for his brother. Joseph Cline
did not drink and was respected by the people even though he lived in the city
where the liquor flows. Joseph and his brother Isaac both loved fishing for
redfish and trout they also both loved to go hunting for geese and ducks.
Joseph and his brother both had a number of reports to prepare for August
weather.
Walter Grover
Walter Grover was an employee
at their downtown real estate. Walter Grover was not bothered when while he was
working at H.M.True Heart and Company the thermometer hit its max. Walter
Grover was the only child and lived with his mom and dad. Grover liked walking
to and from work, instead of riding wagon or buggy he did this to not because
he was trying to avoid paying, but to look at the wildlife and world around
him. Walter Grover was a tall and slender man who was thirty one years old he
had great health and had a lot of curiosity. His job was to know Galveston
better than anyone else, he knew all of Galveston Island. Walter Grover also knew
the highest point in Galveston and where it was located.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Chief Ketchum
Isaac Cline
Daisy Thorne
Daisy Thorne was a woman who had red hair and lived in an
apartment overlooking the beach and went swimming with her friends. She and her
friends went swimming instead of bathing .She also was sure that Galveston’s
beach was the best beach in the world. But that night they did not swim because
the waves were too high and were a murky brown because of the sand they picked
up. She throughout the story is
engaged to a man by the name of Dr. Joe Gilbert from Austin. And they were planning
to get married in June. She met Dr. Gilbert on a yacht and tripped and he
caught her and stayed with her the rest of the time. She also was going to be to
be a substitute teacher after her third year of school.
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