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Gulf Coast and even extend far down the Florida peninsula. 

 In these cases there is great loss resulting from the freezing 

 of orange trees and the crops of early vegetables. On the 

 great plains of the West the cold wave may be accompanied 

 by a strong wind and considerable driving snow. In this case 

 it is called a blizzard. It frequently happens that people who 

 are caught out in a blizzard are unable to find their way 



FIG. 28. The path of the Galveston hurricane 



Diagrammatic representation of the position of the storm on several successive 



days. Its intensity was much decreased after it left the Gulf of Mexico. After 



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home and are frozen to death. Almost every winter great 

 numbers of cattle and other live stock perish in the blizzards 

 which, under the name of northers, may reach as far south 

 as Texas (fig. 27). 



38. Hurricanes. Hurricanes are storms of the same general 

 character as the cyclones, but they originate only over the 

 oceans. Those which affect the United States have their 



