North Carolina's hurricane history : updated with a decade of new storms from Isabel to Sandy / Jay Barnes.
"North Carolina's hurricane history charts the more than fifty great storms that have battered the Tar Heel State from the colonial era through Irene in 2011 and Superstorm Sandy in 2012, two of the costliest hurricanes on record. Drawing on news reports, National Weather Service records, and eyewitness descriptions, hurricane historian Jay Barnes emphasizes the importance of learning from this extraordinary history as North Carolina prepares for the inevitable disastrous storms to come"--Provided by publisher.
"This new fourth edition of North Carolina's Hurricane History charts the more than fifty great storms that have battered the Tar Heel State from the colonial era through Irene in 2011 and Superstorm Sandy in 2012, two of the costliest hurricanes on record. Drawing on news reports, National Weather Service records, and eyewitness descriptions, hurricane historian Jay Barnes emphasizes the importance of learning from this extraordinary history as North Carolina prepares for the inevitable disastrous storms to come. Featuring more than 200 photographs, maps, and charts, this book offers amazing stories of destruction and survival. While some are humorous and some tragic, all offer a unique perspective on the state's unending vulnerability to these storms"--Inside front flap.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781469606521
- ISBN: 1469606526
- ISBN: 9781469655314
- ISBN: 1469655314
- Physical Description: 335 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
- Edition: Fourth edition.
- Publisher: Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, [2013].
- Copyright: ©2013
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-320) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 1 A Hurricane Primer 7 -- 2 Early North Carolina Hurricanes, 1524-1861 25 -- 3 Tar Heel Tragedies, 1875-1900 31 -- September 17, 1876 32 -- October 22, 1878 34 -- August 18, 1879 34 -- September 9, 1881 38 -- 1882 38 -- September 11, 1883 39 -- August 25, 1885 40 -- August 27-29, 1893 40 -- October 13, 1893 41 -- August 16-18, 1899 42 -- October 30-31, 1899 50 -- 4 Hurricanes of the New Century, 1901-1950 55 -- November 13, 1904 56 -- September 17, 1906 56 -- September 3, 1913 56 -- July 14-16, 1916 55 -- September 18-19, 1928 62 -- October 1-2, 1929 62 -- August 22-23, 1933 63 -- September 15-16, 1933 65 -- September 18, 1936 70 -- August l, 1944 70 -- September 14, 1944 72 -- 5 Hurricane Alley, 1951-1960 75 -- Barbara (August 13, 1953) 76 -- Carol (August 30, 1954) 77 -- Edna (September 10, 1954) 77 -- Hazel (October 15, 1954) 78 -- Connie (August 12, 1955) 108 -- Diane (August 17, 1955) 109 -- Ione (September 19, 1955) 113 -- Helene (September 27, 1958) 119 -- Donna (September 11, 1960) 220 -- 6 Modern Era, 1961-2000 131 -- Ginger (September 30-October 1, 1971) 132 -- Agnes (June 20-21, 1972) 133 -- David (September 5, 1979) 133 -- Diana (September 9-14, 1984) 134 -- Gloria (September 26-27, 1985) 137 -- Charley (August 17-18, 1986) 140 -- Hugo (September 21-22, 1989) 142 -- Emily (August 31, 1993) 150 -- Bertha (July 12-13, 1996) 156 -- Fran (September 5-6, 1996) 166 -- Bonnie (August 26-28, 1998) 196 -- Dennis (August 30-September 5, 1999) 204 -- Floyd (September 16, 1999) 210 -- 7 New Millennium, 2001-2012 249 -- Isabel (September 18, 2003) 250 -- Alex, Bonnie, Charley, Gaston, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne (2004) 260 -- Ophelia (September 14-15, 2005) 269 -- Irene (August 27, 2011) 272 -- Sandy (October 27-29, 2012) 284 -- 8 Creatures in the Storm 295 -- 9 Next Great Storm 303.Hurricane primer -- Early North Carolina hurricanes, 1524-1861 -- Tar Heel tragedies, 1875-1900 -- Hurricanes of the new century, 1901-1950 -- Hurricane alley, 1951-1960 -- The modern era, 1961-2000 -- The new millennium, 2001-2012 -- Creatures in the storm -- The next great storm.
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