Isaac's Storm : A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
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Backcover Notes
September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resident meteorologist for the U.S. Weather Bureau, failed to grasp the true meaning of the strange deep-sea swells and peculiar winds that greeted the city that morning. Mere hours later, Galveston found itself sbumerged by a monster hurricane that completely destroyed the town and killed over 6,000 people in what remains the greatest natural disaster in American History - and Isaac Cline found himself the victim of a devastating personal tragedy.
Using Cline's own telegrams, letters, and reports, the testimony of scores of survivors, and our latest understandign of the science of hurricanes, Erik Larson builds a chronicle of one man's heroic struggle and fatal miscalculation in the face of a storm of unimaginable magnitude. Thrilling, powerful, and unrelentingly suspenseful, Isaac's Storm is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets the uncontrollabe force of nature.
My Thoughts
An enthralling story that keeps you turnign page after page. Fun to go back to a time oin our not so distant past. Fun to see ow much we now know and still don't know about storms. Total suspense and build up all the way through. A well crafted page-turner.
September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resident meteorologist for the U.S. Weather Bureau, failed to grasp the true meaning of the strange deep-sea swells and peculiar winds that greeted the city that morning. Mere hours later, Galveston found itself sbumerged by a monster hurricane that completely destroyed the town and killed over 6,000 people in what remains the greatest natural disaster in American History - and Isaac Cline found himself the victim of a devastating personal tragedy.
Using Cline's own telegrams, letters, and reports, the testimony of scores of survivors, and our latest understandign of the science of hurricanes, Erik Larson builds a chronicle of one man's heroic struggle and fatal miscalculation in the face of a storm of unimaginable magnitude. Thrilling, powerful, and unrelentingly suspenseful, Isaac's Storm is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets the uncontrollabe force of nature.
My Thoughts
An enthralling story that keeps you turnign page after page. Fun to go back to a time oin our not so distant past. Fun to see ow much we now know and still don't know about storms. Total suspense and build up all the way through. A well crafted page-turner.
Received this today in a trade from SaguaroL. I am looking forward to reading it.
Wow! I liked this alot. SaguroL is right about it being a fast entralling read. I really enjoyed learning about the affects of the storm on the people and also the history of the weather service and some of the politics that may have contributed to the disaster. I highly recommend this one.
November 12: This is now reserved for PokPok's Non-fiction virtual bookbox
November 12: This is now reserved for PokPok's Non-fiction virtual bookbox
This will be mailed today to PokPok as part of the Virtual Non-fiction bookbox.
I received this today. Thank you HopKnot for sending it so quickly; I will get your selection to you soon. I suspect Secretariat will also read this eventually, as it is on both our wish lists.
Journal Entry 6 by PokPok at Goodwill (donation) would not do well as wild rel. in Vista, California USA on Sunday, August 16, 2015
Released 8 yrs ago (8/16/2015 UTC) at Goodwill (donation) would not do well as wild rel. in Vista, California USA
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