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| Title |
What stands in a storm : three days in the worst superstorm to hit the South's tornado alley / Kim Cross ; foreword by Rick Bragg |
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| Edition |
First Atria Books hardcover edition |
| Phys Descr |
xiii, 301 pages : map ; 24 cm |
| Note |
BPL: Norman Minsky Fund. |
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Includes index |
| Contents |
The storm. Racing the storm ; Trouble on the horizon ; The calm ; The prelude ; The opening act ; Ground truth ; Scanning the skies ; Tornado down ; Birth of a weatherman ; Red-letter day ; Unbroken ; Chasers ; Safe place ; Cordova ; Code Gray ; Entrapment ; Slouching toward Tuscaloosa ; The train -- The aftermath. The rescue ; The silence ; Under siege ; the house ; Charleston Square ; Beverly Heights ; Twilight ; The search ; The unthinkable ; Graduation day ; The walk ; Chance ; The wake -- The recovery. Picking up the pieces ; But not destroyed ; The wedding ; Healing ; One step at a time ; The anniversary ; Remembering ; The master |
| Summary |
Weaving together heart-wrenching stories with immersive reporting and dramatic storytelling, a gripping account of a weather event in April 2011 that saw a record 358 tornadoes rip through 21 states in three days shows how things that tear our world apart also reveal what holds us together |
| Subject |
Tornadoes -- Southern States
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| OCLC # |
883148129 |
| ISBN # |
9781476763064 |
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1476763062 |
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