Kammala wannan magana: A lokacin da ya sauka a Velasco, guguwar ta haifar da lalacewa mai yawa a bakin tekun Texas da kuma yankunan da ke cikin gida. Duk da gargaɗin da aka bayar a baya, raƙuman ruwan da guguwar ta haifar har yanzu ya haifar da haɗarin jirgin ruwa da yawa. Ruwa mai ƙarfi ya sa jiragen ruwa da yawa da ke kusa da Galveston suka yi kasa ko kuma suka nitse. Jirgin ruwa mai suna "Miller" da sauran sana'a sun kasance tare da Galveston ta West Bay. Wani babban jirgin ruwa ya shiga cikin Galveston Causeway, ya karya igiyoyin telegraph da ke gudana a tsawon hanyar. An nutsar da "Miriam" ta wani katako mai nutsewa, yayin da jirgin ruwa mai suna "Ed Gibbs" ya rushe a kusa da La Porte. Jirgin ruwan "El Siglo" (The Century) ya kasance a bakin teku na tsawon sa'o'i goma sha biyu a cikin iskar da aka kiyasta a. A Mobile, Alabama, manyan raƙuman ruwa sun hana jiragen ruwa shiga Port of Mobile. Kusa da gabar teku, guguwar ta haifar da guguwa a Galveston da Velasco. Koyaya, saboda Galveston Seawall, yawancin lalacewar da ke tattare da guguwar guguwa a Galveston an rage shi, kodayake seawall ya tilasta fesawa ya tashi cikin iska. Yankunan da ke waje da seawall a bakin rairayin bakin teku na Galveston, ciki har da tashoshin kamun kifi biyu da gidaje sun lalace. A Galveston's Tarpon Pier, mambobi goma na ƙungiyar kamun kifi sun mutu bayan tashar ta rushe, ko da yake shida sun sami ceto ta jirgin ruwa mai suna "Mayflower". A yankunan yammacin Galveston, inda babu wani shinge, yankunan ciki sun cika da ruwa. Koyaya, manyan titunan Galveston sun nitse zuwa ƙarami, ƙarƙashin ruwa. A cikin Velasco, an bayar da rahoton cewa ruwa ya kasance mafi girma fiye da lokacin
Guguwar Galveston ta 1900, wacce ta mamaye garin a karkashin ruwa. Yankunan Sabine Pass sun cika da ruwa, kuma Southern Pacific Railroad ya nutse cikin ruwa.