Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938, (Paperback)

from mckait

Non-fiction. 4.25 stars. This was a very well written account of the 1938 Hurricane. This was long before we had an effective system of tracking or storm predicting. It was also a time when an individual, could remove an essential bit of information from the prediction laid out for the public. On...

from cathyskye

Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938 by R.A. Scotti recounts the devastating hurricane that hit New England in September 1938. To tell you the truth, I didn't know a thing about this hurricane, so I learned a lot. The U.S. Weather Service had barely been formed at this time, and relied almost ...

from debnance

A horrifying read. Again, not good timing for me. I live thirty miles from Galveston and hurricane season has just begun. Very hard for me to read.I've heard all my life about the storm of 1900 that devastated Galveston, but I've never heard anything about this storm. It was the only category fiv...

from labdaddy4

Just as good as "Issac's Storm" - a harrowing tale of devastation and survival. It is difficult to imagine such a massive storm approaching with so little warning. Thank goodness for our modern technology and forecasting skill - not perfect and probably never will be - but by comparison so excell...

from mckait

Non-fiction. 4.25 stars. This was a very well written account of the 1938 Hurricane. This was long before we had an effective system of tracking or storm predicting. It was also a time when an individual, could remove an essential bit of information from the prediction laid out for the public. On...