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AuthorBarnes, Jay.TitleFlorida’s hurricane history / Jay Barnes ; foreword by Steve Lyons.Edition2nd ed.
PublishedChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2007.FormatBook
Govt Publication
Descriptionxi, 407 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

LinkTable of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0619/2006028183.html
NotesIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Contents|Foreword /| Steve Lyons --| |Introduction --| |1.|Birth of a hurricane --| |2.|Hurricane effects --| |Storm intensity --| |Winds --| |Storm surge --| |Rainfall --| |Tornadoes --| |Other factors --| |3.|Tracking the storms --| |The naming of hurricanes --| |4.|Early Florida hurricanes, 1546-1799 --| |5.|Nineteenth-century storms, 1800-1899 --| |October 6, 1873 --| |September 27-28, 1874 --| |1876 --| |October 3, 1877 --| |1878 --| |August 29-31, 1880 --| |September 9-10, 1882 --| |August 23-24, 1885 --| |1886 --| |1888 --| |1893 --| |1894 --| |1896 --| |1898 --| |1899 --| |6.|Hurricanes in the Sunshine State, 1900-1949 --| |September 11-14, 1903 --| |September 27, 1906 --| |October 17-18, 1906 --| |October 11, 1909 --| |October 17-18, 1910 --| |September 4, 1915 --| |July 5, 1916 --| |October 18, 1916 --| |September 28-29, 1917 --| |September 9-10, 1919 --| |October 25, 1921 --| |September 15, 1924 --| |October 20-21, 1924 --| |November 30-December 1, 1925 --| |July 27-28, 1926 --| |September 18-21, 1926 --| |August 7-8, 1928 --| |September 16-17, 1928 --| |September 28-30, 1929 --| |September 3-4, 1933 --| |September 2-4, 1935 --| |November 4, 1935 --| |July 31, 1936 --| |October 5-7, 1941 --| |October 18-19, 1944 --| |September 15-16, 1945 --| |October 7, 1946 --| |September 17, 1947 --| |October 11-12, 1947 --| |September 21-22, 1948 --| |October 5, 1948 --| |August 26-27, 1949 --|
|7.|The modern era, 1950-1999 --| |Baker (August 30-31, 1950) --| |Easy (September 3-7, 1950) --| |King (October 17-18, 1950) --| |Florence (September 26, 1953) --| |Flossy (September 24, 1956) --| |Donna (September 9-11, 1960) --| |Cleo (August 27-29, 1964) --| |Dora (September 9-11, 1964) --| |Isbell (October 14, 1964) --| |Betsy (September 7-8, 1965) --| |Alma (June 8-9, 1966) --| |Inez (October 3-5, 1966) --| |Gladys (October 16-19, 1968) --| |Agnes (June 19, 1972) --| |Eloise (September 23, 1975) --| |David (September 3-4, 1979) --| |Frederic (September 12, 1979) --| |Elena (August 31-September 2, 1985) --| |Kate (November 21, 1985) --| |Floyd (October 12, 1987) --| |Andrew (August 23-26, 1992) --| |Erin (August 1-3, 1995) --| |Opal (October 4, 1995) --| |Earl (September 3, 1998) --| |Georges (September 25, 1998) --| |Irene (October 15-16, 1999) --| |8.|The New Millennium, 2000-2006 --| |Charley (August 13, 2004) --| |Frances (September 5-6, 2004) --| |Ivan (September 16, 2004) --| |Jeanne (September 25-27, 2004) --| |Dennis (July 10, 2005) --| |Katrina (August 25-29, 2005) --| |Wilma (October 24, 2005) --| |9. The|next great storm --| |Appendix --| |Acknowledgments --| |Index.|
AbstractThe Sunshine State has an exceptionally stormy past. Vulnerable to storms that arise in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, Florida has been hit by far more hurricanes that any other state. In many ways, hurricanes have helped shape Floridas history. Early efforts by the French, Spanish and English to claim the territory as their own were often thwarted by hurricanes. More recently, storms have affected such massive projects as Henry Flaglers Overseas Railroad and efforts to manage water in South Florida.
In this book, Jay Barnes offers an informative look at Florida’s hurricane history. Drawing on meteorological research, news reports, first-person accounts, maps, and historical photographs, he traces all of the notable hurricanes that have affected the state over the last four-and-a-half centuries, from the great storms of the early colonial period to the devastating hurricanes of 2004 and 2005 - Charley, Frances, Ivan, Jeanne, Dennis, Katrina, and Wilma. In addition to providing a comprehensive chronology of more than one hundred individual storms, Florida’s Hurricane History includes information on the basics of hurricane dynamics, formation, naming, and forecasting. It explores the origins of the U.S. Weather Bureau and government efforts to study and track hurricanes in Florida, home of the National Hurricane Center. But the book does more than examine how hurricanes have shaped Florida’s past; it also looks toward the future, discussing the serious threat that hurricanes continue to pose to both lives and property in the state." Filled with more than 200 photographs and maps, the book also features a foreword by Steve Lyons, tropical weather expert for the Weather Channel. It will serve as both an essential reference on hurricanes in Florida and a remarkable source of the stories - of tragedy and destruction, rescue and survival - that foster our fascination with these powerful storms. Book jacket.
ISBN9780807830680 (cloth : alk. paper)0807830682 (cloth : alk. paper)0807858099 (pbk. : alk. paper)9780807858097 (pbk. : alk. paper)SubjectHurricanes -- Florida -- History.

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