Table of Contents
Introduction
1. A Hurricane Primer
2. Early North Carolina Hurricanes, 1524-1861
3. Tar Heel Tragedies, 1875-1900
- September 17, 1876
- October 22, 1878
- 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
4. Hurricanes of the New Century, 1901-1950
- 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
5. Hurricane Alley, 1951-1960
- 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)
6. The Modern Era, 1961-2000
- 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)
7. The New Millennium, 2001-2012
- Isabel (September 18, 2003)
- Alex, Bonnie, Charley, Gaston, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne (2004)
- Ophelia (September 14-15, 2005)
- Irene (August 27, 2011)
- Sandy (October 27-29, 2012)
8. Creatures in the Storm
9. The Next Great Storm
Resources
Acknowledgments
Index