Isaac's storm : a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history
(Book)

Based on the diaries of Isaac Monroe Cline and on contemporary accounts.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-313) and index.

September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resident meteorologist for the U.S. Weather Bureau failed to grasp the true meaning of the strange deep-sea swells and peculiar winds that greeted the city that morning. Mere hours later, Galveston found itself submerged in a monster hurricane that completely destroyed the town and killed over six thousand people in what remains the greatest natural disaster in American history--and Isaac Cline found himself the victim of a devastating personal tragedy.