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[Ilsa]

how they took care of the bodies after the great flood in Galveston in 1900 after a storm surge and hurricane. From Wikipedia:

"The bodies were so numerous that burial was not a viable option. Initially, the dead were taken out to sea and dumped. However, the currents of the gulf washed the bodies back onto the beach, so a new solution was needed. Funeral pyres were set up wherever the dead were found. In the aftermath of the storm, pyres burned for weeks."

What they didn't say is that the people who had to collect the bodies and burn them were the African Americans. I think I remember hearing that they were given alcohol to deal with the horror of what they were doing.