The Storm of the Century
- Autor: Al Roker
- Narrador: Byron Wagner
- Editora: HarperCollins USA
- Duração: 8:07:40
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
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001 The Storm of The Century
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002 Underwater
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003 Part I Chapter 01
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004 Chapter 02
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005 Chapter 03
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006 Chapter 04
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007 Chapter 05
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008 Part II Chapter 06
Duração: 13min -
009 Chapter 07
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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
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018 Credits
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