Nwyatt's hurricane book report

Ferocious hurricane mabel is predicted to pass harmlessly amongst the islands of the caribbean. David wyatt is a white west indian, originally from st kitts by way of grenada, and is a meteorologist working with the united states navys hurricane hunter flights researching storms and severe weather patterns. The national oceanic and atmospheric administration couldnt issue reliable warnings. Wyatt s hurricane is a third person narrative thriller novel by english author desmond bagley, first published in 1966 plot introduction. The 2019 atlantic hurricane season summary dale destin. Its telling that the only characters with any real measure of control a police chief and a narco boss, morally indistinguishable are the only ones. As a result, the entire nation was left flatfooted. But david wyatt has developed a sixth sense about hurricanes. Hurricane season melchor, fernanda, hughes, sophie on. The active year produced 18 named storms, 6 hurricanes, 3 major hurricanes and over.

While reading chapters 1, 2, and 3 while reading 1 wyatt knew a lot about hurricanes. The map to the left is an analysis of maximum sustained winds 1minute average in hurricane irma conducted by nws miami. The first complete momentbymoment account of the largest atlantic storm system ever recordeda hurricane like no other. The washington post the best storm book ive read, consumed mostly in.

Sandy was not just enormous, it was also unprecendented. The sixmonth 2019 north american hurricane season is officially in the books and it was an active one in terms of named storm counts, with the. The book starts with a prologue on lagrimas negras black tears, an island haven for criminals in the caribbean. The book begins with a daybyday chronology of events, starting with august 19, 1992, when the hurricane hunters paid their first visit to tropical storm andrew. A man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history. The analysis is a best estimate based on all available data. The map on the right is from the national hurricane center tropical cyclone report on hurricane irma red hurricane force, orange 5873 mph, yellow 3957 mph.