. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. BOOK MARKET may fade, the likes of Donna, Connie and others that raged unnamed in decades and centuries past have left their marks as well. This point is clear in Barnes' examination of the Tar Heel state's hurricanes. First pub- lished in 1995, the book now offers 33 pages of photo- graphs and infor- mation on Fran as well as a section on Bertha. And though it is packed with infor- mation, this chronicle of the state's storms is no almanac of dry facts. It examines the lives and communi- ties affected by
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. BOOK MARKET may fade, the likes of Donna, Connie and others that raged unnamed in decades and centuries past have left their marks as well. This point is clear in Barnes' examination of the Tar Heel state's hurricanes. First pub- lished in 1995, the book now offers 33 pages of photo- graphs and infor- mation on Fran as well as a section on Bertha. And though it is packed with infor- mation, this chronicle of the state's storms is no almanac of dry facts. It examines the lives and communi- ties affected by hurricanes and the growth that makes them more economically dev- astating. With more than 200 maps, illustra- tions and photographs, the book's visual content is as effective as its text. Maps of the hurricanes' paths are riveting, leading readers to think of familiar places, visits to areas once devastated, people they know living there still. The photography is as relentless as the constant waves that overwash islands in the storms. With the turn of almost ev- ery page comes another picture of destruc- tion, flooding or the indomitable spirit of the people caught in the midst of the disas- ter. In black and white, the images chronicle a history of change and cycles, suffering and survival. Appendices list the most destructive, strongest and deadliest hurricanes in the country's history. This puts recent hurri- canes into perspective, for while they have been financially devastating, the greatest loss of life happened before hurricanes. were given names. If the storm of 1900 that killed more than 8,000 people in Galveston, Texas, hit today's widely developed shores at, say, Wilmington, the loss of life might rival that of the Asian cyclones that kill tens of thou- sands. Included are stories of residents who miraculously rode out storms or those who did not hear the warnings and fought inge- niously to stay alive, of townspeople pulling together in the aftermath of devas- tati
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