Lindsay Graham

And what about the challenges faced day to day by the survivors who remained on the island?

How did they go about rebuilding?

So Galveston is famously known, other than the hurricane, as, I guess, the birthplace of Juneteenth.

It was the last place where the Emancipation Proclamation was delivered.

And so it is a city known for its race relations.

How did racial divides appear in the relief and rebuilding efforts?

Well, let's explore the national relief efforts.

With no federal agency to coordinate it, it's really up to individuals.

And oftentimes, major U.S.

cities rose up to the occasion and held fundraisers to help Galvestonians.

Maybe you could share with us what New York City did to help.

So in your book, you wrote about the devastation, but also the fact that the hurricane was an important catalyst for change in Galveston.

So how did the city government reform in the wake of the crisis?

Certainly, they rethought their decision not to build a seawall.

But what exactly did they do and how did they help?

Let's turn to the preventative measures that were embarked upon.

Galveston did decide to build a seawall.

What was the process of making that decision, designing it, and then constructing it?

I'm looking at a picture of the seawall as it was constructed, and it's not inconsequential.

It looks like a little mini Hoover Dam.