![]() ![]() “Some critics argued men should not try to predict the weather, because it was God’s province.” Also, weather predictions had a poor record. Consider, this was a time when lightning was barely understood, tornadoes not at all. It may seem strange to us today, but at the time, its founding was controversial. In the United States it began under the auspices of the U.S. ![]() ![]() We do not generally think about it, but all of our institutions had a beginning, including the weather service. The highest point was 8.7 feet or 2.65 meters above sea level. The city is built on an island off the Texas coast in the Gulf of Mexico. In 1889, he took over the Galveston, Texas, weather station. He said, “I made up my mind that I would seek some field where I could tell big stories and tell the truth.” He chose the weather. But unlike others, Isaac pursued education and his love of science. Like most people of his time, he was born on a farm. The central character is the real Isaac Cline, born in 1861. ![]()
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