Title Isaac's storm : a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history / Erik Larson.

SRP 2010 REVIEW: This thorough collection of anecdotes about the devastating 1900 Galveston hurricane packs a powerful punch on how human pride can cause destructive consequences. I enjoyed Larson's ability to synthesize many memoirs to vividly portray what life was like in Galveston during the transition into the 20th Century. Larson's epic masterpiece painted a dismal picture of how meteorologists overestimated their ability during the time of predicting weather, such as hurricanes. This work was like a story within a story, informing about how weather was predicted and disseminated and what life was in the "New York City" of the South. I was immersed in a flood of joy, pain, misery, and regret that people such as Isaac, Joseph, and other Galveston families felt. All in all, this non-fiction work deserved the accolades it initially (and continually) brought to avid readers.