Today marks the 125 anniversary of the Indianola, Tx storm

[Radiogirltx]

I've lived in port lavaca for 20 years, And enjoy spending time in the ghost town of indianola. It was ravaged by a storm in 1875, then demolished 11 years later in 1886 by a even larger storm. Some of the remains if the town are still under the bay.... The storm moved the shoreline in quite a bit.


http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1886_Indianola_hurricane

http://www.indianolatx.com/Indianola125th.html

[Radiogirltx]

Interesting side bar..... In 1886, Texas was suffering under a sever drought.... This storm ended the drought.

[Ptarmigan]

1886 had a drought, likely one of the worst besides 1917-1918, 1950-1957, and this one. 1886 had a huge freeze earlier that year. It did end the drought too. Perhaps, we could be seeing a repeat of 1886? 1886 had four hurricanes hitting Texas, the most prior to 2004. Also, Florida was hit by 3 hurricanes and within days apart in same location! Talk about that happening today. Talk about that happening today. Indianola was destroyed in the 1886 Hurricane and Galveston grew as a result only to be destroyed in the 1900 Hurricane.

[HurricaneBill]

Pretty much all that is left of Indianola today.

[Radiogirltx]

That looks like the boat ramp at the fishing marina. It's interesting going thru the two cemeteries at Indianola. Both are loaded with headstones with dates of 9/17/1875 and 8/20/1886...... The storm dates.....

[Portastorm]

One of the most spooky and compelling weather stories in Texas history, IMO.

[South Texas Storms]

I can't imagine what kind of damage this storm would have caused if it hit today...