North Carolinas hurricane history : updated with a decade of new storms from Isabel to Sandy / Jay Barnes.

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"North Carolina's hurricane history charts the more than fifty great storms that have battered the Tar Heel State from the colonial era through Irene in 2011 and Superstorm Sandy in 2012, two of the costliest hurricanes on record. Drawing on news reports, National Weather Service records, and eyewit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barnes, Jay
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2013], ©2013.
Edition:Fourth edition.
Subjects:
Hurricanes > North Carolina > History.
Physical Description:335 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
Variant Title:
Hurricane history.
Format: Book
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"North Carolina's hurricane history charts the more than fifty great storms that have battered the Tar Heel State from the colonial era through Irene in 2011 and Superstorm Sandy in 2012, two of the costliest hurricanes on record. Drawing on news reports, National Weather Service records, and eyewitness descriptions, hurricane historian Jay Barnes emphasizes the importance of learning from this extraordinary history as North Carolina prepares for the inevitable disastrous storms to come"--Provided by publisher.
Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-320) and index.
Call Number:QC945 .B37 2013
ISBN:9781469606521 (cloth : alk. paper)
1469606526 (cloth : alk. paper)