Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History, (Hardcover)

from LibraryCin

Isaac's Storm / Erik Larson 4.5 stars September 8, 1900 in Galveston, Texas, Isaac Cline was the "weatherman". The U.S. Weather Bureau knew a storm would hit, but no one (well, none of the Americans) had any idea how severe the hurricane would be. The book starts with a combination of Isaac's lif...

from Maya47Bob46

I remember the 1961 Galveston hurricane and the reports on television news by a young Dan Rather. Isaac's Storm is about the 1900 hurricane and the early days of what is now the National Weather Service. In 1900, the weather service was trying to introduce prediction into American life. Unfortuna...

from brenzi

Isaac Cline was a meteorologist in the fledgling National Weather Service on September 8, 1900, a day that turned on a dime and impacted over 6,000 lives in the Gulf town of Galveston, Texas. Erik Larson has written his trademark terrific narrative non-fiction account, using Cline's own letters, ...

from PJAY

I ordered 3 of these books for Christmas gift.s. Born in Galveston, love the history of the most important storm to ever hit the United States

from bcquinnsmom

Erik Larson, who also wrote Devil in the White City (another phenomenal book) is an outstanding writer. I picked this book up and couldn't put it down. I was simply riveted to the story and to the way Larson presented it. Obviously the man's done his homework, if the last few pages of primary sou...