Superstorm nine days inside Hurricane Sandy [LP]
"Hurricane Sandy was not just enormous, it was unprecedented. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration couldn't issue reliable warnings; the Coast Guard didn't know what to do. Superstorm takes readers inside the maelstrom, from dedicated weather professionals like a foreca...
| Main Author: | Miles, Kathryn, 1974- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book Large Print |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Waterville, Maine :
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale/Cengage Learning,
2015
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| Edition: | Large print edition. |
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| Summary: |
"Hurricane Sandy was not just enormous, it was unprecedented. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration couldn't issue reliable warnings; the Coast Guard didn't know what to do. Superstorm takes readers inside the maelstrom, from dedicated weather professionals like a forecaster who risked his job to sound the alarm, to the crew of the ill-fated Bounty, Mayor Bloomberg, Governor Christie, and countless coastal residents whose lives were torn apart."--Back cover. |
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| Physical Description: |
591 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 558-587). |
| ISBN: |
9781410476869 1410476863 |