North Carolina"s hurricane history : updated with a decade of new storms from Isabel to Sandy /
"North Carolina's hurricane history charts the more than fifty great storms that have battered the Tar Heel State from the colonial era through Irene in 2011 and Superstorm Sandy in 2012, two of the costliest hurricanes on record. Drawing on news reports, National Weather Service records,...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press.,
©2013.
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Edición: | 4th ed. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | "North Carolina's hurricane history charts the more than fifty great storms that have battered the Tar Heel State from the colonial era through Irene in 2011 and Superstorm Sandy in 2012, two of the costliest hurricanes on record. Drawing on news reports, National Weather Service records, and eyewitness descriptions, hurricane historian Jay Barnes emphasizes the importance of learning from this extraordinary history as North Carolina prepares for the inevitable disastrous storms to come"--Provided by publisher |
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Notas: | Includes index. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (335 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781469608334 1469608332 9781469608341 1469608340 |