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The Storm of the Century: Tragedy, Heroism, Survival, and the Epic True Story of America’s Deadliest Natural Disaster: The Great Gulf Hurricane of 1900 ridged
Author: Al Roker ID: B00XOIZKCI

In this gripping narrative history, the beloved NBC weather personality vividly brings to life the Great Gulf Hurricane of 1900: the deadliest natural disaster in American history. On the afternoon of September 8, 1900, 200-mile-per-hour winds and 15-foot waves slammed into Galveston, the prosperous and growing port city on Texas’ Gulf Coast. By dawn the next day, when the storm had passed, the city that had existed just hours before was gone. Shattered, grief-stricken survivors emerged to witness a level of destruction never before seen: 8,000 corpses littered the streets and were buried under the massive wreckage. Rushing water had lifted buildings from their foundations, smashing them into pieces, while intense winds had upended girders and trestles, driving them through house walls and into sidewalks. In less than 24 hours, one storm destroyed a major American metropolis – and awakened a nation to the terrifying power of nature. The Storm of the Century brings this legendary disaster and its aftermath into brilliant focus. No other natural disaster has ever matched the havoc caused by the awesome mix of winds, rains, and flooding that devastated this bustling metropolis and shocked a young, optimistic nation on the cusp of modernity. Exploring the impact of the disaster on a rising nation’s confidence – the pain and trauma of the loss and the determination of the response – Al Roker illuminates both the energy and the limitations of the American Century, and of nature itself.
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Audible Audio EditionListening Length: 8 hours and 6 minutesProgram Type: AudiobookVersion: UnabridgedPublisher: Harper AudioAudible.com Release Date: August 11, 2015Whispersync for Voice: ReadyLanguage: EnglishID: B00XOIZKCI Best Sellers Rank: #218 in Books > Audible Audiobooks > Nonfiction > Nature #303 in Books > Science & Math > Earth Sciences > Natural Disasters #965 in Books > Audible Audiobooks > History > United States & Canada
“Galveston was sea now: there was no island. The bay had met the gulf, and as the Cline family spun, pitched, and coasted on their collapsing raft, all they saw to suggest a city were the tops of a few remaining buildings, here and there visible in lightning flashes above crashing ocean waves that spread on all sides as far as they could see.” – page 191

Imagine the sheer terror of suddenly being caught up in a Category 4 hurricane that you were not expecting. This is precisely the situation the good people of Galveston, TX found themselves in during the afternoon and evening of September 8, 1900. It would go down as the deadliest natural disaster in American history. Al Roker is known to tens of millions of Americans for his work on NBC’s “Today” and as host of The Weather Channel’s “Wake Up with Al” show. Roker recalls this historic storm in his fabulous new book “The Storm of the Century: The Great Gulf Hurricane of 1900”. Mr. Roker grabbed my attention in the opening pages and simply never let go. I could not put this one down.

In the opening chapter of “The Storm of the Century” Al Roker introduces us to about a dozen residents of Galveston. Over the next 300 pages or so we share the trials and tribulations each would face during those terrifying 12 hours. I found that this approach to relating the story of what actually took place in the city on that fateful night to be extremely effective. Meanwhile, Roker also presents a brief history of the area. Much to my surprise, I discovered that Galveston was very much a "multicultural" city. Roker explains how and why that came to be. Meanwhile, there is also a discussion of the emerging science of meteorology.
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