What stands in a storm : three days in the worst superstorm to hit the South's tornado alley
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What stands in a storm : three days in the worst superstorm to hit the South's tornado alley
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Physical Description:
xiii, 301 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.
General Note:
Includes index.
Summary:
"Immersive reporting and dramatic storytelling from the middle of the horrific superstorm of April 2011, a weather event that killed 348 people"--Provided by publisher.
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.
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Publication Information:
New York : Atria Books, 2015.
Subject:
| Tornadoes -- Southern States. |
| Twisters (Tornadoes) |
SAILS ISBN:
9781476763064