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Author Cross, Kim (Kimberly Hisako), 1976-

Title What stands in a storm : three days in the worst superstorm to hit the South's tornado alley / Kim Cross ; foreword by Rick Bragg.

Publication Info. New York : Atria Books, 2015.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction  363.34 Cro    ---  Available
Edition First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Description xiii, 301 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Source NBK 5/15 PPL
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The storm. Racing the storm ; Trouble on the horizon ; The calm ; The prelude ; The opening act ; Ground truth ; Scanning the skies ; Tornado down ; Birth of a weatherman ; Red-letter day ; Unbroken ; Chasers ; Safe place ; Cordova ; Code Gray ; Entrapment ; Slouching toward Tuscaloosa ; The train -- The aftermath. The rescue ; The silence ; Under siege ; the house ; Charleston Square ; Beverly Heights ; Twilight ; The search ; The unthinkable ; Graduation day ; The walk ; Chance ; The wake -- The recovery. Picking up the pieces ; But not destroyed ; The wedding ; Healing ; One step at a time ; The anniversary ; Remembering ; The master.
Summary "Immersive reporting and dramatic storytelling from the middle of the horrific superstorm of April 2011, a weather event that killed 348 people"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Tornadoes -- Southern States.
ISBN 9781476763064
1476763062

 
    
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