by Jay Barnes
Second Edition
424 pp., 139 photos, 87 maps, 3 tables
$24.95 paperback, $39.95 hardcover
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Winner of the 1999 Charlton Tebeau Book Award, Florida Historical Society
"Absolutely riveting."Naples Daily News
"The most comprehensive collection of Florida hurricane photographs ever
assembled."Ft. Lauderdale El Heraldo
"The best and most comprehensive book on hurricane history for Florida I
have seen."Weather Watchers Online
"Rises above mere statistics, using personal accounts and striking
pictures to bring the state's countless encounters with tragedy to life.
. . . [It is] a compelling look back into the state©ös relationship with
the tropical cyclone and it reminds us of the dangers that loom ahead in
the future from these storms."Bulletin of the American
Meteorological Society
"Required reading for everyone in Florida, particularly those who might
plan to ignore hurricane warnings, these vivid firsthand accounts from
many previous disasters should convince everyone to
evacuate."Choice
"Fascinating and disturbing. . . . Heavily illustrated, the book bears
graphic witness to the havoc wreaked by winds topping 200 miles per hour
and storm surges reaching 20 feet above sea level."Library Journal
"Jay Barnes has produced a well-researched and comprehensive story in his Florida's Hurricane
History. Very well written, it will be of great interest to the
students of hurricanes and to residents and visitors to our nation's
most hurricane-prone state."John R. Hope, The Weather
Channel
"Weather aficionados will like Florida's Hurricane History for its information on the basics of hurricane dynamics,
formation, naming and forecasting. Anyone interested in a good story
about Florida history will enjoy the book, too."Mike Lyons, Chief
Weather Forecaster, WPBF-TV
"An important book . . . because it helps to counter the ideology of
hurricane denial rooted in the real estate boom of the early part of the
twentieth century."Journal of Southern History
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