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Patricia Bellis Bixel points out how before the hurricane in Galveston, Texas of 1900 hit, no one was doing anything to prevent or take action against storms. After the storm however there were many ideas and changes that people wanted to make. The Deep Water Committee took charge and suggested change by having governmental changes as well as engineering projects. The plans made of building a sea wall and elevating the land brought hope to the people. There was an inspired confidence in residence and investors that were willing to rebuild their town. The different committees brought revenue from public officials to make the changes of the sea wall, raising the city grade and rock groins. The storm brought the highest flood which was 10 to 15.7 feet and the people of the town did not want to fear having inundations which is why actions was taken. In “Visualizing the Storm“, derekjahwu says,” Similarly, both of these disasters still have a positive aspect, where it shows the perseverance of the human beings. Mother nature, or a cow, had destroyed a large quantity of man made structures in the Chicago Fire and the Galveston Hurricane, but both the city and town had rebuilt itself with new buildings and improved safety measures in the new structures.” And I agree that even though these disasters did harm, the people were able to pick them selves up to rebuild and learn from their mistakes. They took action in to prepare for hurricanes in the future and when they did hit, the impact of destruction was very small .