White Hurricane

Author : David Geren Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Severe storms
ISBN : 0760790671

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White Hurricane by David Geren Brown Pdf

"Autumn gales have pursued mariners across the Great Lakes for centuries. On Friday, November 7, 1913, those gales captured their prey. After four days of winds up to 90 miles an hour, freezing temperatures, whiteout blizzard conditions, and mountainous seas, 19 ships had been lost, two dozen had been thrown ashore, 238 sailors were dead, and the city of Cleveland was confronting the worst natural disaster in its history. Writer and mariner David G. Brown combines narrative intensity with factual depth to re-create the events of the "perfect storm" that struck America's heartland."--Publisher's description

Author : Caroline Grego
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469671369

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Hurricane Jim Crow by Caroline Grego Pdf

On an August night in 1893, the deadliest hurricane in South Carolina history struck the Lowcountry, killing thousands—almost all African American. But the devastating storm is only the beginning of this story. The hurricane's long effects intermingled with ongoing processes of economic downturn, racial oppression, resistance, and environmental change. In the Lowcountry, the political, economic, and social conditions of Jim Crow were inextricable from its environmental dimensions. This narrative history of a monumental disaster and its aftermath uncovers how Black workers and politicians, white landowners and former enslavers, northern interlocutors and humanitarians all met on the flooded ground of the coast and fought to realize very different visions for the region's future. Through a telescoping series of narratives in which no one's actions were ever fully triumphant or utterly futile, Hurricane Jim Crow explores with nuance this painful and contradictory history and shows how environmental change, political repression, and communal traditions of resistance, survival, and care converged.

Author : Martin Derry,Neil Robinson
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473827257

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Hawker Hurricane by Martin Derry,Neil Robinson Pdf

When Sidney Camm's masterpiece, the Hawker Hurricane, entered RAF service in late 1937 it quickly became one of the most important aircraft in Britain's military arsenal, especially in the first three years of the Second World War. This title covers the history of this iconic design, from the prototype and the initial production variants' entry in to RAF service, through its development and use, first as a day fighter, and then night fighter, intruder, fighter-bomber, catapult-launched and then carrier-based fighter, and eventually dedicated ground attack machine. ??The Hurricane served in every wartime theatre, from Norway and France, the Battle of Britain, the defence of Malta, to the campaigns in the Western Desert and the Mediterranean, on the Russian Front and in the Far East where it saw service until the end of hostilities.??Split into three primary sections, this volume offers a concise yet informative history of the Hurricane's development, operational career and design improvements, including many contemporary photographs with detailed captions; a 16-page colour illustration section featuring 48 separate aircraft (in profiles and 2-views); and finally a section prepared by that well-known and established doyen of model makers, Tony O'Toole, listing and illustrating the plastic model kits produced of the Hurricane in all scales. ??As with the other books in the Flight Craft series, whilst published primarily with the scale aircraft modeler in mind, it is hoped that those readers who might perhaps describe themselves as 'occasional' modelers Ð if indeed they model at all Ð may also find that this colourful and informative work offers something to provoke their interests too.

Author : Roger A Pielke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317829584

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The Hurricane by Roger A Pielke Pdf

First published in 1990, this book describes the nature of the hurricane, one of the world's most dangerous weather hazards. It examines the formation, development, movement, and impact of these tropical cyclones, and assess the ability of science to describe, forecast, and control them.

Author : Susan L. Cutter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107023949

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Hurricane Katrina and the Forgotten Coast of Mississippi by Susan L. Cutter Pdf

An interdisciplinary volume on impacts of and recovery from Hurricane Katrina in southern Mississippi, for natural hazard researchers, students and policy makers.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Government Operations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045346942

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Adequacy of the National Weather Service's Hurricane and Flood Warneing System by United States. Congress. House. Government Operations Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Government Activities Subcommittee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Flood damage prevention
ISBN : LOC:00184281727

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Adequacy of the National Weather Service's Hurricane and Flood Warning System by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Government Activities Subcommittee Pdf

Author : Michael Schumacher
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781452940458

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November's Fury by Michael Schumacher Pdf

On Thursday, November 6, the Detroit News forecasted “moderate to brisk” winds for the Great Lakes. On Friday, the Port Huron Times-Herald predicted a “moderately severe” storm. Hourly the warnings became more and more dire. Weather forecasting was in its infancy, however, and radio communication was not much better; by the time it became clear that a freshwater hurricane of epic proportions was developing, the storm was well on its way to becoming the deadliest in Great Lakes maritime history. The ultimate story of man versus nature, November’s Fury recounts the dramatic events that unfolded over those four days in 1913, as captains eager—or at times forced—to finish the season tried to outrun the massive storm that sank, stranded, or demolished dozens of boats and claimed the lives of more than 250 sailors. This is an account of incredible seamanship under impossible conditions, of inexplicable blunders, heroic rescue efforts, and the sad aftermath of recovering bodies washed ashore and paying tribute to those lost at sea. It is a tragedy made all the more real by the voices of men—now long deceased—who sailed through and survived the storm, and by a remarkable array of photographs documenting the phenomenal damage this not-so-perfect storm wreaked. The consummate storyteller of Great Lakes lore, Michael Schumacher at long last brings this violent storm to terrifying life, from its first stirrings through its slow-mounting destructive fury to its profound aftereffects, many still felt to this day.

Author : Wayne Neely
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781491754467

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The Great Okeechobee Hurricane of 1928 by Wayne Neely Pdf

This thoroughly researched history considers the storm and its aftermath, exploring an important historical weather event that has been neglected. Through historical photographs of actual damage and personal recollections, author and veteran meteorologist Wayne Neely examines the widespread devastation that the hurricane caused.

Author : Robert D. Bullard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429977480

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Race, Place, and Environmental Justice After Hurricane Katrina by Robert D. Bullard Pdf

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall near New Orleans leaving death and destruction across the Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama Gulf Coast counties. The lethargic and inept emergency response that followed exposed institutional flaws, poor planning, and false assumptions that are built into the emergency response and homeland security plans and programs. Questions linger: What went wrong? Can it happen again? Is our government equipped to plan for, mitigate, respond to, and recover from natural and manmade disasters? Can the public trust government response to be fair? Does race matter? Racial disparities exist in disaster response, cleanup, rebuilding, reconstruction, and recovery. Race plays out in natural disaster survivors' ability to rebuild, replace infrastructure, obtain loans, and locate temporary and permanent housing. Generally, low-income and people of color disaster victims spend more time in temporary housing, shelters, trailers, mobile homes, and hotels - and are more vulnerable to permanent displacement. Some 'temporary' homes have not proved to be that temporary. In exploring the geography of vulnerability, this book asks why some communities get left behind economically, spatially, and physically before and after disasters strike.

Author : Kristine Brennan
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781438124858

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The Galveston Hurricane by Kristine Brennan Pdf

An account of the tragic Galveston hurricane of 1900 that claimed over six thousand lives.

Author : Liza Treadwell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781440828898

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How Do Hurricane Katrina's Winds Blow? by Liza Treadwell Pdf

The disproportionate effect of Hurricane Katrina on African Americans was an outcome created by law and societal construct, not chance. This book takes a hard look at racial stratification in American today and debunks the myth that segregation is a thing of the past. An outstanding resource for students of African American history, government policy, sociology, and human rights, as well as readers interested in socioeconomics in the United States today, this book examines why the divisions between the areas heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina and those left unscathed largely coincided with the color lines in New Orleans neighborhoods; and establishes how African Americans have suffered for 400 years under an oppressive system that has created a permanent underclass of second-class citizenship. Rather than focusing on the Katrina disaster itself, the author presents significant evidence of how government policy and structure, as well as societal mores, permitted and sanctioned the dehumanization of African Americans, purposefully placing them in disaster-prone areas—particularly, those in New Orleans. The historical context is framed within the construct of Hurricane Katrina and other hurricane catastrophes in New Orleans, demonstrating that Katrina was not an anomaly. For readers unfamiliar with the ugly existence of segregation in modern-day America, this book will likely shock and outrage as it sounds a call to both citizens and government to undertake the challenges we still face as a nation.

Author : Timothy Minnich
Publisher : Bookbaby
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1543987486

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Blizzard!! the Great White Hurricane by Timothy Minnich Pdf

THE BLIZZARD OF 1888, legendary in the annals of American weather history, was among the most ferocious winter storms ever to pound the Northeast. Many hundreds of people perished on land and sea during its three-day reign of terror, including some 200 in New York City alone - ground-zero for this storm. In his debut novel, Tim Minnich paints a vibrant New York City landscape in the weeks leading up to what has been coined "The Great White Hurricane." Bound to fascinate weather enthusiasts, history buffs, and general readers alike, Minnich captures the suspense which culminates in this awesome display of nature, all while vividly depicting life in late Nineteenth Century Manhattan.On Sunday evening March 11th, the denizens of this great metropolis go to sleep completely unaware they'd be awakening to a howling blizzard. All except for young William Roebling, a brilliant meteorologist recently transferred to the New York Office of the US Army's fledgling Signal Service Corps - the agency responsible for the nation's first weather forecasts. Will has painstakingly developed an ingenious system allowing him to predict this historic event days in advance, but his unconvinced Commanding Officer, for political reasons, orders his silence. A conflicted Will feels he must alert his loved ones, and does - only to find himself in a battle for his life at the height of the storm.Minnich deftly combines the drama and excitement of the blizzard with its profound impact on those unfortunate enough to have been caught in its path, simultaneously weaving an engaging tale of true love, faith, and the indomitable human spirit.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Archaeology
ISBN : PURD:32754066629563

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Effects of Hurricane Andrew on Natural and Archeological Resources by Anonim Pdf

Author : Erik Larson
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2000-07-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780375708275

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Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson Pdf

From the bestselling author of The Devil in the White City, here is the true story of the deadliest hurricane in history. National Bestseller 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 submerged in a monster hurricane that completely destroyed the town and killed over six thousand 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 understanding 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. Riveting, powerful, and unbearably suspenseful, Isaac's Storm is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets the great uncontrollable force of nature.