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North Carolina's Hurricane History
Third Edition
by Jay Barnes
304 pp., 253 photos, 45 maps, 3 tables, index
$19.95 paperback, $34.95 hardcover
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Introduction
1. Birth of a Hurricane
2. Hurricane Effects
Winds
Storm Surge
Rainfall
Tornadoes
Storm Intensity
Other Factors
3. Watching
the Storms
4. Early North Carolina Hurricanes, 1524-1861
5. Tar Heel Tragedies, 1875-1900
September 17, 1876
August 18, 1879
September 9, 1881
1882
September 11, 1883
August 25, 1885
August 27-29, 1893
October 13, 1893
August 16-18, 1899
October 30-31, 1899
6. Hurricanes of the New Century, 1900-1950
November 13, 1904
September 17, 1906
September 3, 1913
July 14-16, 1916
September 18-19, 1928
October 1-2, 1929
August 22-23, 1933
September 15-16, 1933
September 18, 1936
August 1, 1944
September 14, 1944
7. Hurricane Alley, 1950-1960
Barbara (August 13, 1953)
Carol (August 30, 1954)
Edna (September 10, 1954)
Hazel
(October 15, 1954)
Connie (August 12, 1955)
Diane (August 17, 1955)
Ione (September 19, 1955)
Helene (September 27, 1958)
Donna (September 11, 1960)
8. The Modern Era, 1960-1999
Ginger (September 30-October 1, 1971)
Agnes (June 20-21, 1972)
David (September 5, 1979)
Diana (September 9-14, 1984)
Gloria (September 26-27, 1985)
Charley (August 17-18, 1986)
Hugo
(September 21-22, 1989)
Emily (August 31, 1993)
Bertha (July 12, 1996)
Fran
(September 5-6, 1996)
Bonnie (August 26-28, 1998)
Dennis (August 30-September 5, 1999)
Floyd
(September 16, 1999)
9. Nor'easters
10. Creatures in the Storm
11. The Next Great Storm
12. Hurricane Survival
Appendix
Acknowledgments
Index
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