North Carolina's Hurricane History : Fourth Edition, 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,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Barnes, Jay
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press., 2013.
Edición:4th ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Hurricanes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disasters & Disaster Relief.
NATURE > Natural Disasters.
Ouragans > Caroline du Nord > Histoire.
Hurricanes > North Carolina > History.
North Carolina.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
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
Notas:Includes index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (344 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9781469608341

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