GULF HURRICANES AND THEIR EFFECTS ON THE TEXAS COAST

[摘要] The word "hurricane" is derived through the Spanish from a word of the extinct Indian aborigines of Haiti, meaning "evil spirit". I do not know whether the Indians who gave this kind of a disturbance its name are extinct because of the "evil spirit", but I am sure that it is a fitting name. Since the time of Columbus, there are records of hurricanes which have caused destruction and death in the West Indies and areas of Central and North America.

[学科分类] 建筑学

[关键词] hurricane frequency of occurrence;Gulf of Mexico;hurricane impacts