Thanks for the correction, David. I looked it up, and you're right -- Carla was the name of the 1961 storm. The death toll was much lower than in 1900, but the '61 storm was a big enough deal that it might well be the one Orr had in mind. It looks like I jumped to an inaccurate conclusion about his review. I still maintain, though, that he jumps to the wrong conclusion about Wilbur's poem. Does anyone else see a hurricane victim in "Galveston, 1961"?
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