Title: When the Heavens Frowned: Maligned, Cussed, Discussed and Much Beloved Texas Weather Man (Hurricane) [Paperback] Joseph Cline
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
Publication Date: 2000
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1565547837
ISBN 13: 9781565547834
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Fine

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The autobiography of the maligned, cussed, discussed, much beloved Texas weatherman who played a pivotal role in the 1900 Galveston hurricane.

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Dr. Joseph L. Cline spent forty-seven years of his life predicting the weather for the state of Texas. The brother of Dr. Isaac Monroe Cline, he joined his sibling in the service of the Weather Bureau in Galveston during the great 1900 hurricane that destroyed the city and took more than six thousand lives. Born in Madisonville, Tennesse, in 1870, Dr. Cline was one of ten siblings who grew up on the family�s small farm. He earned his B.S. in 1891 from Hiwassee College and subsequently worked as a teacher in a public school in Mount Vernon, Tennesse. In 1892 he accepted an appointment as assistant observer for the Weather Bureau under his brother in Galveston. At Galveston, he made the most accurate predictions in the bureau, correct 95 percent of the time. During his time there, he also earned his Ph.D from Add-Ran University in Waco, Texas. Despite these accomplishments, it was his actions during the famous Galveston hurricane in 1900 that made him legendary. Dr. Cline managed to send the last message out to Washington, D.C., which stressed the violence of the storm and the disastrous situation on the island, allowing officials to send aid more quickly to the victims. Wading through waist-deep waters, he then walked a mile down the coast warning the citizens to move to safer shelters on the interior of the island and also helped save the lives of his brother�s children while staying afloat for three hours on various drifting debris. Of the author, the chief of the Weather Bureau wrote that

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