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Hurricane season, then and now
Oct 12, 2022
Episode 792

Hurricane season, then and now

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Plus: What are i bonds, and where'd the arugula go? We answer your questions on Whaddaya Wanna Know Wednesday.

Galveston, Texas, was all but wiped out when a Category 4 storm hit the port city in 1900. Thousands died, surviving residents fled and Houston became the economic center of the region. One of our listeners wants to know: Could that be the future of other coastal cities? We’ll talk about it on this Whaddya Wanna Know Wednesday. Plus: What are i bonds, and where’d the arugula go?

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