Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938
by R.A. Scotti
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Author: R.A. ScottiEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2004-08-24
ISBN: 0895862085
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Back Bay Books
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Book Review: More problem "facts"
Summary: 3 Stars
I generally liked the book. However, I think it is badly scarred by sloppy fact checking, poor geography and proof reading. In addition the the faulty "facts" mentioned in other reviews, page 229 states that "Ferryboats took a beating, too. From Bridgehampton (land locked should be Bridgeport, CT.) to Port Jefferson is a short hop - just twelve miles (this too is obviously incorrect) between the two Long Island towns." Page #240 Mastic(k) Beach, Long Island is spelled incorrectly. All of these problems were anoying because they forced the reader to interupt their train of thought to figure out the actual facts. The ommission of any mention the 1900 Galveston Hurricane with a loss of life of 8,000 was also glaring to me . I have lived in "The Hamptons" for thirty-five years and it is apparent from reading this book that the local politicians have been neglegent in preparing for future Hurricanes or natural disasters.(While dithering about worrying about the Man Made Global Warming Hoax.) Insignificant sea level rise taking centuries to occur (if at all) compared with those experienced in minutes in '38. There is only one road in and out of here, even with today's advanced communications / forecasting, an orderly/timely evacuation would be impossible, particularly given the excessive number of Manhattan "drivers". Too bad, this could have been a great book.
Summary of Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938
It was the Perfect Storm. But instead of raging far out in the Atlantic, the Great Hurricane of 1938 left a wake of death and destruction across seven states. It battered J. P. Morgan's Long Island estate, wiped out beach communities from Watch Hill to Newport, flooded the Connecticut Valley, and flattened Vermont's prized maples.Traveling at record speeds, the storm raced up the Atlantic Coast, reaching New York and New England ahead of hurricane warnings and striking with such ferocity that seismographs in Alaska picked up the impact. Winds, clocked at 186 mph, stripped cars of their paint. Walls of water 50 feet high swept homes and entire families out to sea. Sandwiched between the Great Depression and World War II, the storm had a profound impact upon a generation. 'The day of the biggest wind has just passed,' the newswires read the next day, 'and a great part of the most picturesque America, as old as the Pilgrims, has gone beyond recall or replacement.' Drawing upon newspaper accounts, the personal testimony of survivors, forecasters, and archival footage, SUDDEN SEA recounts that terrifying day in gripping detail. Scotti describes the unlikely alignment of meteorological conditions that conspired to bring a tropical cyclone to the Northeast. A masterful storyteller, Scotti follows the trajectory of that awful wind-and recovers for posterity the lost stories of those whose lives, families, and communities were destroyed by the Hurricane of 1938.20th Century Books
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