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In depth books about disasters
Posted on 1/28/21 at 10:04 am
Posted on 1/28/21 at 10:04 am
Two of the recent ones I've read are The Great Deluge by Douglas Brinkley (Hurricane Katrina) and What Stands In A Storm by Kim Cross (April 27, 2011 tornado outbreak).
Any recommendations on similar books which take deep dives into these types of events? I'd also be interested in other books about those two events as well as any others.
Any recommendations on similar books which take deep dives into these types of events? I'd also be interested in other books about those two events as well as any others.
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Posted on 1/28/21 at 10:38 am to SidewalkTiger
I read “Rising Tide” by John Barry and highly recommend. It’s about the Mississippi River Flood of 1927. Parts of it are a bit dull because it deals with the bureaucratic legalese of the formation of the levee structure but overall it’s a good book.
Posted on 1/28/21 at 12:24 pm to SidewalkTiger
Horses of the Storm: The Incredible Rescue of Katrina’s Horses, by RT Fitch.
Maybe not as in-depth about the storm but very in depth about the horse rescue. Many LSU faculty in the book.
Maybe not as in-depth about the storm but very in depth about the horse rescue. Many LSU faculty in the book.
Posted on 1/28/21 at 3:07 pm to SidewalkTiger
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The Great Deluge by Douglas Brinkley
How so many errors in that book made it past the editors, I'll never understand. Simple things like street names and park names. He lived here and fricked up the easy shite.
Posted on 1/28/21 at 7:20 pm to SidewalkTiger
Isaac's Storm - Erik Larson
It is about the great Galveston hurricane.
It is about the great Galveston hurricane.
Posted on 1/29/21 at 6:59 am to SidewalkTiger
The Worst Hard Time
Maybe a departure vs what you are looking for, but a really great book about the Dust Bowl.
Maybe a departure vs what you are looking for, but a really great book about the Dust Bowl.
Posted on 1/29/21 at 9:23 am to SidewalkTiger
The Day the World Exploded by Simon Winchester about the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883.
Posted on 1/29/21 at 10:10 am to SidewalkTiger
1 Dead in Attic by Chris Rose. Not really an in depth look at Katrina itself, but more of a series of articles about the human element of the disaster.
Posted on 1/29/21 at 10:57 am to glassman
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The Great Deluge by Douglas Brinkley
How so many errors in that book made it past the editors, I'll never understand. Simple things like street names and park names. He lived here and fricked up the easy shite.
He fricked up the more complicated shite too. This book is nothing more than a money grab by a smart guy who also happens to be a hack.
Posted on 1/29/21 at 11:05 am to SidewalkTiger
Hurricane Audrey: The Deadly Storm of 1957 by Cathy Post and/or Hurricane Audrey by Susan McFillen-Goodsen and Nola Wittler-Ross
More like a collection of memoirs than a researched story but will show how horrific that Louisiana storm was even though people outside the Lake Charles area dont even know about it anymore. Had the most deaths of a Louisiana hurricane until Katrina.
Lots of people trapped on roofs or in trees with poisonous snakes.
Crazy shite.
More like a collection of memoirs than a researched story but will show how horrific that Louisiana storm was even though people outside the Lake Charles area dont even know about it anymore. Had the most deaths of a Louisiana hurricane until Katrina.
Lots of people trapped on roofs or in trees with poisonous snakes.
Crazy shite.
This post was edited on 1/29/21 at 11:08 am
Posted on 1/29/21 at 3:41 pm to tigahbruh
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This book is nothing more than a money grab by a smart guy who also happens to be a hack.
No doubt.
Posted on 1/30/21 at 3:12 am to SidewalkTiger
The Great Halifax Explosion
Posted on 2/7/21 at 11:05 pm to SidewalkTiger
The fifth risk - michael lewis
It’s about the biggest risks facing the world and how we’ve very narrowly missed completed destroying ourselves multiple times. Might not be exactly what you’re asking for but it’s extremely interesting and talks about plenty of unknown disasters in recent US history that could have been much more serious than they ended up being.
It’s about the biggest risks facing the world and how we’ve very narrowly missed completed destroying ourselves multiple times. Might not be exactly what you’re asking for but it’s extremely interesting and talks about plenty of unknown disasters in recent US history that could have been much more serious than they ended up being.
Posted on 2/9/21 at 11:15 pm to SidewalkTiger
The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Yunger - the movie was a joke - read the book.
Posted on 2/10/21 at 7:28 pm to SidewalkTiger
Johnstown Flood by David McCullough.
About a poorly constructed man made lake for an exclusive country club in Pennsylvania.
About a poorly constructed man made lake for an exclusive country club in Pennsylvania.
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