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Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson Book Summary
At the dawn of the twentieth century, a great confidence suffused America. Isaac Cline was one of the era's new men, a scientist who believed he knew all there was to know about the motion of clouds and the behavior of storms. The idea that a hurricane could damage the city of Galveston, Texas, where he was based, was to him preposterous, "an absurd delusion." It was 1900, a year when America felt bigger and stronger than ever before. Nothing in nature could hobble the gleaming city of Galveston, then a magical place that seemed destined to become the New York of the Gulf.
That August, a strange, prolonged heat wave gripped the nation and killed scores of people in New York and Chicago. Odd things seemed to happen everywhere: A plague of crickets engulfed Waco. The Bering Glacier began to shrink. Rain fell on Galveston with greater intensity than anyone could remember. Far away, in Africa, immense thunderstorms blossomed over the city of Dakar, and great currents of wind converged. A wave of atmospheric turbulence slipped from the coast of western Africa. Most such waves faded quickly. This one did not.
In Cuba, America's overconfidence was made all too obvious by the Weather Bureau's obsession with controlling hurricane forecasts, even though Cuba's indigenous weathermen had pioneered hurricane science. As the bureau's forecasters assured the nation that all was calm in the Caribbean, Cuba's own weathermen fretted about ominous signs in the sky. A curious stillness gripped Antigua. Only a few unlucky sea captains discovered that the storm had achieved an intensity no man alive had ever experienced.
In Galveston, reassured by Cline's belief that no hurricane could seriously damage the city, there was celebration. Children played in the rising water. Hundreds of people gathered at the beach to marvel at the fantastically tall waves and gorgeous pink sky, until the surf began ripping the city's beloved beachfront apart. Within the next few hours Galveston would endure a hurricane that to this day remains the nation's deadliest natural disaster. In Galveston alone at least 6,000 people, possibly as many as 10,000, would lose their lives, a number far greater than the combined death toll of the Johnstown Flood and 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.
And Isaac Cline would experience his own unbearable loss.
Meticulously researched and vividly written, Isaac's Storm is based on Cline's own letters, telegrams, and reports, the testimony of scores of survivors, and our latest understanding of the hows and whys of great storms. Ultimately, however, it is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets nature's last great uncontrollable force. As such, Isaac's Storm carries a warning for our time.
Book Name | Isaac's Storm |
Genre | U.S. History |
Author | Erik Larson |
Published | 11 July 2000, Tuesday |
Language | English |
E-Book Size | 9.25 MB |
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Gulf Coast Texas Required Reading. Fascinating. Larson’s ability to tell historical stories in such a cinematic way is unparalleled. Great and informative reading having grown up in Houston, Texas all my life.
Issac’s Storm. Haunting story.
The whole truth. Although it was a little hard to follow is places, this is a book full of history, drama and an amazing explanation of how things were and the impact it’s had on life in Texas today and the rest of the United States.
Notable Work by Erik Larson. I have read quite a few Larson books 📚 and they are never a disappointment. His research 🧐 is accurate and commendable. Highly recommended.
Breathtaking. Today when we can all look at our smartphones and get an hour by hour prediction of pending weather it's hard to imagine a time when you could be surprised by something as devastating as a hurricane. In Isaac's Storm, Erik Larson gives you a front row seat to one of the most destructive hurricanes in Texas history and and an authentic view into the lives & times of the bustling city of Galveston Texas at the turn of the century. Fast passed and highly readable Larson hits it out of the park with this one.
Stormy Weather. Larson has written another beautiful, well-researched and deep historical narratives.
Blown away. No pun intended. As always a riveting story told by one of the greatest historical storytellers of our time. Fantastic book.
My favorite author and favorite book!. This book is phenomenal, I just discovered Erik Larsen the summer of 2010 and he is my favorite author, he puts a fiction spin on non-fiction books. I would recommend this book to anyone along with, Devil in The White City, Thunderstruck, Garden of Beast and Lethal Passage!!!
Waste of money. Had to read for a school project and was unable to finish it as it was hard to follow and not intriguing.
Great book. Bought and read it right after I had purchased a beach house in Delaware. Needless to say I watched the ocean w a bit more respect each hurricane season since.
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Summary of Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson
The Isaac's Storm book written by Erik Larson was published on 11 July 2000, Tuesday in the U.S. History category. A total of 775 readers of the book gave the book 4 points out of 5.
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