Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History. New York: Crown Publishers, 1999. 323 pages
In the 1900’s, the chief weather man Isaac Cline thought the city of Galveston, Texas was untouchable by anything. In 1900, an immaculate hurricane hit this city. Water levels rose almost two stories high, and houses and cars were ripped from the ground. In “Isaacs Storm” Isaac Cline is telling stories of what happened during the storm, and the aftermath of it all. This book shows the man vs nature aspect very well. The book also provides how much the human race has excelled since that time. We believed that nothing could bring our beautiful cities down; not even a deadly storm.
The story is focused on Isaac Cline, …show more content…
In the book, Isaac cline is a respectable employee of the US Weather Bureau. Isaac suggested that a wall should be put up in the sea, but authorities in Galveston rejected the proposal. Soon later, the grand city was hit by a massive storm. At the time, Galveston was the New York City of Texas. It was the United States largest cotton port. At the time, everything seemed possible. However, the storm wasn’t mentioned right away in the book. The forecasters did not see the storm, until it had already begun to hit. Isaac Cline was deceived by his supervisors in Washington DC. He began to see signs of the hurricane when he saw the swells on Galveston beach. Unfortunately it was too late to have the appropriate evacuations. Cline had to of felt senseless. He had superior intelligence in the Weather Bureau, but did not see this massive hurricane coming. Most of the men in this book were fueling with pride. Well why wouldn’t they? Everywhere they turned there was something to be indefinitely proud of. Because the superiors did not want to take the advisement from Cuba, or believe that America can be and will be hurt by anything Mother Nature throws our …show more content…
The book shows how much we have excelled in human nature, and that Mother Nature cannot be controlled and is unpredictable. Erik Larson brought an extended truth into what we knew as the worst hurricane in American
In the 1900’s, the chief weather man Isaac Cline thought the city of Galveston, Texas was untouchable by anything. In 1900, an immaculate hurricane hit this city. Water levels rose almost two stories high, and houses and cars were ripped from the ground. In “Isaacs Storm” Isaac Cline is telling stories of what happened during the storm, and the aftermath of it all. This book shows the man vs nature aspect very well. The book also provides how much the human race has excelled since that time. We believed that nothing could bring our beautiful cities down; not even a deadly storm.
The story is focused on Isaac Cline, …show more content…
In the book, Isaac cline is a respectable employee of the US Weather Bureau. Isaac suggested that a wall should be put up in the sea, but authorities in Galveston rejected the proposal. Soon later, the grand city was hit by a massive storm. At the time, Galveston was the New York City of Texas. It was the United States largest cotton port. At the time, everything seemed possible. However, the storm wasn’t mentioned right away in the book. The forecasters did not see the storm, until it had already begun to hit. Isaac Cline was deceived by his supervisors in Washington DC. He began to see signs of the hurricane when he saw the swells on Galveston beach. Unfortunately it was too late to have the appropriate evacuations. Cline had to of felt senseless. He had superior intelligence in the Weather Bureau, but did not see this massive hurricane coming. Most of the men in this book were fueling with pride. Well why wouldn’t they? Everywhere they turned there was something to be indefinitely proud of. Because the superiors did not want to take the advisement from Cuba, or believe that America can be and will be hurt by anything Mother Nature throws our …show more content…
The book shows how much we have excelled in human nature, and that Mother Nature cannot be controlled and is unpredictable. Erik Larson brought an extended truth into what we knew as the worst hurricane in American