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Nine Days Inside Hurricane Sandy
Dutton
October 2014
On Sale: October 16, 2014
368 pages
ISBN: 0525954406
EAN: 9780525954408
Kindle: B00KB5BWYM
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Non-Fiction
The first complete moment-by-moment account of the
largest Atlantic storm system ever recorded—a hurricane like
no other The sky was lit by a full moon on October 29, 2012, but
nobody on the eastern seaboard of the United States could
see it. Everything had been consumed by cloud. The storm’s
immensity caught the attention of scientists on the
International Space Station. Even from there, it seemed
almost limitless: 1.8 million square feet of tightly coiled
bands so huge they filled the windows of the Station. It was
the largest storm anyone had ever seen. Initially a tropical storm, Sandy had grown into a hybrid
monster. It charged across open ocean, picking up strength
with every step, baffling meteorologists and scientists,
officials and emergency managers, even the traditional
maritime wisdom of sailors and seamen: What exactly was this
thing? By the time anyone decided, it was too late. And then the storm made landfall. Sandy was not just enormous, it was also unprecedented. As a
result, the entire nation was left flat-footed. The National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration couldn’t issue
reliable warnings; the Coast Guard didn’t know what to do.
In Superstorm, journalist Kathryn Miles takes readers
inside the maelstrom, detailing the stories of dedicated
professionals at the National Hurricane Center and National
Weather Service. The characters include a forecaster who
risked his job to sound the alarm in New Jersey, the crew of
the ill-fated tall ship Bounty, Mayor Bloomberg,
Governor Christie, and countless coastal residents whose
homes—and lives—were torn apart and then left to wonder . .
. When is the next superstorm coming?
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