Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Birth of a Hurricane
2. Hurricane Effects
- Winds
- Storm Surge
- Rainfall
- Tornadoes
- Storm Intensity
- Other Factors
3. Watching the Storms
- What’s in a Name?
4. Early North Carolina Hurricanes, 1524-1861
5. Tar Heel Tragedies, 1875-1900
- September 17, 1876
- August 18, 1879
- September 9, 1881
- 1882
- September 11, 1883
- August 25, 1885
- August 27-29, 1893
- October 13, 1893
- August 16-18, 1899
- October 30-31, 1899
- 6. Hurricanes of the New Century, 1900-1950
- November 13, 1904
- September 17, 1906
- September 3, 1913
- July 14-16, 1916
- September 18-19, 1928
- October 1-2, 1929
- August 22-23, 1933
- September 15-16, 1933
- September 18, 1936
- August 1, 1944
- September 14, 1944
7. Hurricane Alley, 1950-1960
- Barbara (August 13, 1953)
- Carol (August 30, 1954)
- Edna (September 10, 1954)
- Hazel (October 15, 1954)
- Connie (August 12, 1955)
- Diane (August 17, 1955)
- Ione (September 19, 1955)
- Helene (September 27, 1958)
- Donna (September 11, 1960)
- 8. The Modern Era, 1960-1999
- Ginger (September 30-October 1, 1971)
- Agnes (June 20-21, 1972)
- David (September 5, 1979)
- Diana (September 9-14, 1984)
- Gloria (September 26-27, 1985)
- Charley (August 17-18, 1986)
- Hugo (September 21-22, 1989)
- Emily (August 31, 1993)
- Bertha (July 12, 1996)
- Fran (September 5-6, 1996)
- Bonnie (August 26-28, 1998)
- Dennis (August 30-September 5, 1999)
- Floyd (September 16, 1999)
9. Nor’easters
10. Creatures in the Storm
11. The Next Great Storm
12. Hurricane Survival
Appendix
Acknowledgments
Index