Hurricanes have wiped out two major United States cities, the first, of course was New Orleans, the second? Galveston, Texas. Galveston, a major United States city? At the time The Great Storm of 1900 leveled Galveston taking 6,000 to 8,000 souls in its wake, Galveston was a major city with a large population and a booming port. Houston, its sister city 50 miles west was, by comparison, a