Nwyatt's hurricane book report

The washington post the best storm book ive read, consumed mostly in. The book has a terrific start as a plane is flown through a hurricane and, had the hurricane itself been the focus of the book, it would have been a better read for me. A man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history. As a result, the entire nation was left flatfooted. Wyatt s hurricane is a third person narrative thriller novel by english author desmond bagley, first published in 1966 plot introduction. Sandy was not just enormous, it was also unprecendented. The map to the left is an analysis of maximum sustained winds 1minute average in hurricane irma conducted by nws miami. 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. While reading chapters 1, 2, and 3 while reading 1 wyatt knew a lot about hurricanes. The 2019 atlantic hurricane season summary dale destin. The analysis is a best estimate based on all available data. Hurricane season melchor, fernanda, hughes, sophie on. The national oceanic and atmospheric administration couldnt issue reliable warnings. He is convinced that mabel will change course to strike the island of san fernandez and its capital, st pierre.

But david wyatt has developed a sixth sense about hurricanes. 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. The active year produced 18 named storms, 6 hurricanes, 3 major hurricanes and over. However, the other elements of the book work less well and whilst one expects this style of thriller to be somewhat predictable, some elements were a little too cliched. 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. Ferocious hurricane mabel is predicted to pass harmlessly amongst the islands of the caribbean. 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 first complete momentbymoment account of the largest atlantic storm system ever recordeda hurricane like no other.