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Death and Destruction at Galveston Lifesaving Station 125 years ago
—Station was totally destroyed, all property and effects belonging to station lost, except boats, but their whereabouts are unknown except that of lifeboat, which was saved but is badly stoved and is lying about a mile and a half back from the beach at Texas City.
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Into the eye of a storm on the wings of an Albatross—Hurricane Laurie in 1969!
—Darkness fell suddenly in the eye with the storm’s western wall shading the setting sun—time to leave. We could provide no further assistance. Dell G’s calm was ending, as was ours. Now came the most terrifying part of the day—flying back into the storm’s eyewall.
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Keeper Claiborne—Savior to hundreds of souls 125 years ago!
—In the Great Galveston Hurricane, Harry Claiborne demonstrated great devotion to duty. He manned the light in the worst sea and weather conditions and saved hundreds of storm victims.
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Standing a deadly watch—the final hours of Scotch Cap Lighthouse
—In 1946, the Scotch Cap Lighthouse is destroyed by a tsunami wave estimated at well over 120 feet high that also impacted the greater Pacific.
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Coast Guard’s Storm Warriors fought North Carolina’s Hurricane Florence
—Dropping more than 33 inches of rain in portions of North Carolina, the storm caused widespread destruction that people could never have imagined.
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Brazos Station’s Latino lifesavers and the catastrophic Florida Keys Hurricane
—The storm grazed the Florida Keys and slipped into the sheltered waters of the Gulf of Mexico before unleashing devastation in Texas.
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Lessons learned from 2017’s Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico
—In Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, the Coast Guard was Semper Paratus in responding to both hurricanes Irma and Maria.