The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1921-06-23
A LITTLE EXPERIENCE

A LITTLE EXPERIENCE
rhe Gulc c>,ifmcn which
Corpus Christi experienced Tue,
day ehi oud "Wednesday morn
m1. looking ior fhD storm that
didn't come Nas not without II.
yalu, u demonstrated one fact
hcyoad question of doubt aud
that Is that ihc calamity which
The city suffered September l4th
1919 viii mover be repeated Mis-
lead hy seolrity which failed
them aud vicfimi1ed hy au over
Confident weather bureau de-
>iructim of property aud mex
cusablo loss OF lie occurred then
Nciihcr Will ever happen again
With more than threo-iourths of
thc corporate aren of the city 10
Gated ou an elevation that insures
safety beyond amy question the
people 81 Corpus Christi have
nothing go fear from occasional
Cult storms The city's history
of more than seventy five year,
guarantees that fact Subiiaetine
q breezy gale which may happen
q thousand miles inland. and in
fact does happen with greater fire
Quonry and laroor violence va az
most any interior locality Corpus
Christi Is as Safc from storms as
anl place IN the United States
Tho Callor was graiiflcd be-
cause of the confidence placed I'M
b hy tho people OF Corpus Chrisli
and IN fact, of this entire section
of the siute Between o'clocl,
Tuesday night and y O'Clock Wed
nosda, morning It's employees an-
swored moro than thousand tclc.
phone inquiries Keeping ia close
touch with the Situation by long
distance IN every direction. The
Caller was able Ga supply definite
information OF rcasswine ua
turc. while the local weather hu
rpau was deserted after O'Clock
Tuesday morning until the oh
server was called from his rest by
la Caller representative at 3
o'clock Wednesday morning and
requested TO make some unof
ticial observations -
Early yesterday morning The
lrallcr wired the Washington OF.
) flee of the Associated Press and
asked that some definite state.
ment be obtained from the United
States weather bureau shortly
after 10 O'Clock word came that
danger was over SO far ms Corpus
: Christi was concerned and that
the disturbance had passed east OF
ifhe city
Probably the weather bureau
i renders the best service OF which
I II is capable We say probably
I But the fact must be apparent
/ that in emergencies OF this kind
I II does not give the kind OF ser
vice the people want and which
The Caller feels they are entitled
to After the September 1912
storm the weather bureau was
given nice coat OF whitewash
bun the fact that It's incfiiciencA
NAs responsible. chiefly. for the
loss Of life here still stands and
can never be- cfiaccd
When the people are excited n,
they were Tuesday night and
Wednesday morning even though
their anNiety is without good
cause. such a timo is not n Nmc
chen the weather bureau should
he "aSleep p II rs time when a.
should be widc.awalle and Ncu
Though IL may not be permitted
20 y what "ihc weather is go
inc to be" until Il hears from
Washington II could 90 least tell
ihc nooplc as much so that Thea
might consult their own baron
fci. aud 10 thcir own gue.sing
on course. the Western lulon
hose pro ressiNouoss Is about u
par with the weather bureau
also sleep, aftcr Q o'clock regard
ess of the weather and ihai, Ip ,
moasure. may excuse ,h, wcaiheN
mu a,,auso 10 euls ol tcHporaf
us Ms connection with Washing
Ton headouariers hi source %
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