The Storm of the Century

  • Autor: Al Roker
  • Narrador: Byron Wagner
  • Editora: HarperCollins USA
  • Duração: 8:07:40
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Sinopse

In this gripping narrative history, the beloved NBC weather personality vividly brings to life the Great Gulf Hurricane of 1900, the deadliest natural disaster in American history.

On the afternoon of September 8, 1900, 200-mile-per-hour winds and fifteen-foot waves slammed into Galveston, the prosperous and growing port city on Texas’s Gulf Coast. By dawn the next day, when the storm had passed, the city that existed just hours before was gone. Shattered, grief-stricken survivors emerged to witness a level of destruction never before seen: 8,000 corpses littered the streets and were buried under the massive wreckage. Rushing water had lifted buildings from their foundations, smashing them into pieces, while intensive winds had upended girders and trestles, driving them through house walls and into sidewalks. In less than twenty-four hours, one storm destroyed a major American metropolis—and awakened a nation to the terrifying power of nature.

The Storm of the Century brings this legendary disaster and its aftermath into brilliant focus. No other natural disaster has ever matched the havoc caused by the awesome mix of winds, rains, and flooding that devastated this bustling metropolis and shocked a young, optimistic nation on the cusp of modernity. Exploring the impact of the disaster on a rising nation’s confidence—the pain and trauma of the loss and the determination of the response—Al Roker illuminates both the energy and the limitations of the American Century, and of nature itself.

Capítulos

  • 001 The Storm of The Century

    Duração: 39s
  • 002 Underwater

    Duração: 03min
  • 003 Part I Chapter 01

    Duração: 25min
  • 004 Chapter 02

    Duração: 13min
  • 005 Chapter 03

    Duração: 44min
  • 006 Chapter 04

    Duração: 50min
  • 007 Chapter 05

    Duração: 46min
  • 008 Part II Chapter 06

    Duração: 13min
  • 009 Chapter 07

    Duração: 18min
  • 010 Chapter 08

    Duração: 22min
  • 011 Chapter 09

    Duração: 25min
  • 012 Chapter 10

    Duração: 53min
  • 013 Part III Chapter 11

    Duração: 22min
  • 014 Chapter 12

    Duração: 40min
  • 015 Chapter 13

    Duração: 24min
  • 016 Chapter 14

    Duração: 37min
  • 017 Chapter 15

    Duração: 42min
  • 018 Credits

    Duração: 01min
  • sample

    Duração: 01min