Hal Needham, a friend of Chron and intrepid meteorologist better known to islanders as Hurricane Hal, does exactly that. Although somewhat buried in the "Blog" section of the Visit Galveston ...

Extreme weather and disaster scientist Hal Needham, founder of the U.S. Storm Surge Database, U-SURGE, has spent the last 17 years compiling high water marks from historical storms across the country.