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Hurricanes; North Carolina; History
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  • Hurricane of Independenceby Tony Williams

    Sourcebooks, Inc. 2008; US$ 20.95

    Hurricane of Independence is the fascinating untold story of the opening of the American Revolution amidst the devastation of a brutal storm. more...

  • Sudden Seaby R.A. Scotti

    Little, Brown and Company 2008; US$ 9.99

    The massive destruction wreaked by the Hurricane of 1938 dwarfed that of the Chicago Fire, the San Francisco Earthquake, and the Mississippi floods of 1927, making the storm the worst natural disaster in U.S. history. Now, R.A. Scotti tells the story. more...

  • Hurricanes of the North Atlanticby James B. Elsner; A. Birol Kara

    Oxford University Press, USA 1999; US$ 70.00

    1. Hurricane Characteristics. 2. Hurricane Categories and Impacts. 3. Hurricane Climate Data. 4. North Atlantic Hurricanes. 5. Tropical Only Hurricanes. 6. Baroclinically Enhanced Hurricanes. 7. Major Hurricanes. 8. U.S. Hurricanes. 9. Hurricanes of Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and Bermuda. 10. Hurricane Cycles and Trends. 11. Hurricane Return Periods. 12. Hurricanes of the Early 1990s. 13. History of Seasonal Hurricane Forecasting. 14. Seasonal Forecast Models. 15. Sub Basin Forecast Models. 16. Prospects for Extended Range Outlooks. 17. People at Risk. 18. Property at Risk. 19. Catastrophe Insurance. 20. Integrated Assessment. References. Index more...

  • Hurricanes of the Gulf of Mexicoby Barry D. Keim; Robert A. Muller

    LSU Press 2009; US$ 19.95

    “The storm has entered the Gulf.” For those who live or travel near the Gulf of Mexico, this ominous announcement commands attention, especially given the frequency and force of hurricane strikes in recent years. Since 2004, the shores around the Gulf of Mexico have been in the crosshairs for an increasing number of hurricanes and tropical storms, including Charley and Wilma in southwestern Florida and Ivan, Dennis, Katrina, Rita, Gustav, and Ike along the northern Gulf coast from Panama City to near Galveston. In this definitive guide, climatologists Barry D. Keim and Robert A. Muller examine the big picture of Gulf hurricanes—from the 1800s to the present and from Key West, Florida, to Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula—providing... more...

  • Turning Points in History: Hurricane Katrinaby Dennis Brindell Fradin

    Marshall Cavendish 2009; US$ 31.36

    A clear and concise description of Hurricane Katrina, one of the most critical moments in American history. more...

  • Hurricane of Independenceby Tony Williams

    Sourcebooks, Inc. 2009; US$ 15.99

    The sleeper history hit of 2008, released in paperback to coincide with the heart of hurricane seasonOn September 2, 1775, the eighth deadliest Atlantic hurricane of all time landed on American shores. Over the next days, it would race up the East Coast, striking all of the important colonial capitols and killing more than four thousand people. In an era when hurricanes were viewed as omens from God, what this storm signified to the colonists about the justness of their cause would yield unexpected results.Drawing on ordinary individuals and well-known founders like Washington and Franklin, Tony Williams paints a stunning picture of life at the dawn of the American Revolution, and of the weighty choice people faced at that deciding moment.Hurricane... more...

  • Los huracanes (Hurricanes)by William B. Rice

    Shell Education 2010; US$ 8.99

    Hurricanes plague the tropics from June through November. Some years bring just a handful of storms. Other years, meteorologists run out of names because there are so many. Readers learn how and where these storms form and the dangers they pose to the land and people who live in Gulf and Atlantic coast regions. 32pp. more...

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