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 9. Nor'easters
10. Creatures in the Storm
11. The Next Great Storm
12. Hurricane Survival
Appendix
Acknowledgments
Index



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