America's Deadliest Hurricanes: The History Of The Three Worst Hurricanes I...

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:America's Deadliest Hurricanes: The History Of The Three Worst Hurricanes In American HistoryISBN13:9781729504512ISBN10:1729504515Author:Charles River Editors (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) - *Includes Pictures *Includes Accounts *Includes Online Resources And A Bibliography For Further Reading Hurricanes Have Been Devastating Communities For Thousands Of Years, Bringing About Various Combinations Of Rain And Wind That Can Do Everything From Taking Down Some Dead Limbs To Wiping Out Houses They Are Also Common Enough That People Who Live For Any Length Of Time In A Region Prone To Having Hurricanes Are Inclined To Accept Them As Something Of A Periodic Nuisance Rather Than A Serious Danger Modern Construction Styles Allow Houses To Withstand Winds In Excess Of 100 Miles An Hour, And Early Warning Systems Allow People To Evacuate Thus, Most Hurricanes Of The 21St Century Take Fewer Lives Than A Serious Highway Accident As A Result, The World Watched In Horror As Hurricane Katrina Decimated New Orleans In August 2005, And The Calamity Seemed All The Worse Because Many Felt That Technology Had Advanced Far Enough To Prevent Such Tragedies, Whether Through Advanced Warning Or Engineering Spawning Off The Bahamian Coast That Month, Katrina Quickly Grew To Be One Of The Deadliest Natural Disasters In American History, Killing More Than 1,800 People And Flooding A Heavy Majority Of One Of America's Most Famous Cities At First, The Storm Seemed To Be Harmless, Scooting Across The Floridian Coast As A Barely Noticeable Category 1 Storm, But When Katrina Reached The Warm Waters Of The Gulf Of Mexico, Its Winds Grew Exponentially Before Slamming Into The Southern Louisiana Coast As A Massive Category 5 Hurricane In Addition To The Deadly Nature Of The Hurricane, It Was Also Incredibly Destructive As A Result Of Failed Levees Around The New Orleans Area By The Time The Storm Had Passed, It Had Wreaked An Estimated $108 Billion Of Damage Across The Region, And The Human Suffering, With Nearly 2,000 Deaths And A Million People Displaced, Was Available For Viewing Across The World Naturally, The Reactions Of Political Leaders Would Be Heavily Scrutinized In The Aftermath, And People Studied The Lessons To Be Learned From The Disaster To Prevent A Similar Occurrence In The Future It Was Only Well Into The 20Th Century That Meteorologists Began To Name Storms As A Way Of Distinguishing Which Storm Out Of Several They Were Referencing, And It Seems Somewhat Fitting That The Hurricane That Traumatized Galveston Was Nameless Due To The Lack Of Technology And Warning, Many Of The People It Killed Were Never Identified, And The Nameless Corpses Were Eventually Burned In Piles Of Bodies That Could Not Be Interred Due To The Soggy Soil Others Were Simply Buried At Sea The Second Deadliest Hurricane In American History Claimed 2,500 Lives, So It's Altogether Possible That The Galveston Hurricane Killed Over 4 Times More Than The Next Deadliest In The U S To This Day, It Remains The Country's Deadliest Natural Disaster Similarly, The Hurricane That Struck Southern Florida In September 1928 Killed Hundreds More, With An Estimated Death Toll Of Over 2,500 People Without The Warnings Available Today, It Was Inevitable That The Category 5 Hurricane Wrought Almost Inconceivable Destruction As It Made Landfall In Florida With Winds At Nearly 150 Miles Per Hour In Addition To The Powerful Storm Itself, The Flooding Of Lake Okeechobee, The 7Th Largest Freshwater Lake In The Country, Exacerbated The Damage By Spilling Across Several Hundred Square Miles, Which Were Covered In Up To 20 Feet Of Water In Some Places America's Deadliest Hurricanes: The History Of The Three Worst Hurricanes In American History Examines Each Of The Deadly Storms, From Their Meteorological Origins To The Tolls And Aftermath Of Each One Along With Pictures Of Important People, Places, And Events, You Will Learn About The Hurricanes Like Never Before Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2018-10-18Weight:1.14 lbsDimensions:0.46'' H x 11.02'' L x 8.5'' WNumber of Pages:218Language:English

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