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100 1 $aScotti, R. A.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85027842
245 10 $aSudden sea :$bthe Great Hurricane of 1938 /$cR.A. Scotti.
246 30 $aGreat Hurricane of 1938
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aBoston :$bLittle, Brown and Co.,$c[2003], ©2003.
300 $aviii, 279 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, map ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 257-263) and index.
520 1 $a"On September 21, 1938, the fastest hurricane on record caught the Northeast by surprise and left a wake of death and destruction across seven states. Travelling at record speeds, the storm raced up the Atlantic coast, reaching New York and New England ahead of hurricane warnings and striking with such intensity that seismographs in Alaska registered the impact. Winds clocked at 186 miles per hour stripped cars of their paint. Walls of water fifty feet high swept homes and entire families out to sea." "Drawing upon newspaper accounts, personal testimony of survivors, and archival sources, Sudden Sea recounts that day in terrifying detail. The Moore family climbed up to the attic of their oceanfront home as the waters rose, only to find themselves launched on a roiling ocean. Joseph Matoes watched as the bus carrying his children home from school stalled on the causeway just as the ocean surged into the bay. Three friends, separated in the fury of the storm, found themselves reunited on a beach a state away. These and other tales of heroism, terror, and survival form the heart of this incredible account. At the same time, R. A. Scotti uncovers the unlikely alignment of meteorological conditions that conspired to bring about the unthinkable: a tropical cyclone on the Northeast coast."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aHurricanes$zNortheastern States$xHistory$y20th century.
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