What Stands in a Storm: Three Days in the Worst Superstorm to Hit the South's Tornado Alley
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Genres: Science & Math, Politics & Social Sciences
Book Type: Hardcover
Author:
Genres: Science & Math, Politics & Social Sciences
Book Type: Hardcover
Living in the South where there are so many tornadoes, this book caught my attention. It is a non-fiction but reads like a novel. In a three-day period in April 2011, 349 tornadoes touched down within tornado alley. It left at least 324 people dead and caused $11 billion in damage. Most of the dead were in Alabama. This book is the story of the people who survived (and some who didnt) this hell on earth. It is told with compassion and with obvious heartbreak.
Ms. Cross wrote so well that I felt some of the people were my friends. I felt their fear, their heartache, their strength. People put aside football rivalry and helped each other. Some history of storm watching is interspersed. Even this was interesting. After reading this no one should ever ignore the warnings the National Weather Service puts out.
Ms. Cross wrote so well that I felt some of the people were my friends. I felt their fear, their heartache, their strength. People put aside football rivalry and helped each other. Some history of storm watching is interspersed. Even this was interesting. After reading this no one should ever ignore the warnings the National Weather Service puts out.
