At the turn of the century, there was something in the air of Galveston, Texas. Shipping and cotton tycoons were making fortunes from her deep water harbor, European immigrants were flocking to the "New York of the South" to start a new life, and Black Americans had access to labor, educational, and political opportunity unlike anywhere else in the South. But on September 8th, 1900, a category 4 hurricane made landfall in Galveston and became the deadliest natural disaster in American history to date, claiming up to 12,000 lives in one night. The American government knew a storm had been brewing, but arrogantly refused to believe Cuban weather forecasts and failed to warn the city of the imminent threat. This story will follow who chose to come together in the face of injustice and despair, and who acted out of fear and stopped at nothing to uphold the social order. It will ask audiences a simple question that we may have to answer sooner than we think: "Will you let the neighbors in?"