Which of the following best assesses the impact of the hurricane that hit the city of Galveston in September 1900?
A) It killed 800 citizens and damaged dozens of oceanfront properties.
B) It was one of the worst natural disasters in the United States prior to the 1927 Mississippi Flood.
C) It was largely a manmade disaster that could have easily been prevented.
D) It shattered beliefs about the ability of new industry to triumph over nature.
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