What stands in a storm : three days in the worst superstorm to hit the South's tornado alley

Cross, Kim (Kimberly Hisako), 1976- (Author).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781476763064 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 1476763062 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: xiii, 301 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Edition: First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York : Atria Books, 2015.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.