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“wayne neely”

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  • The Great Bahamian Hurricanes of 1933

    The Stories of Five of the Greatest and Deadliest Hurricanes to Impact the Bahamas in the 1930s

    by Wayne Neely ...
    The 1933 North Atlantic hurricane season is the most active season on record in terms of Accumulated Cyclone Energy with a total of 259. It also set a record for the number of named tropical cyclones in a single season, twenty, which stood until 2005, when there were twenty-eight. The season ran from May 1933, with tropical cyclone development occurring as early as May and as late as November. The ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Hurricane Dorian—The Story of the Greatest and Deadliest Hurricane To

    Impact the Bahamas in the Modern Era

    by Wayne Neely ...
    Hurricane Dorian is a heartbreaking tale for The Bahamas. It was one of the strongest North Atlantic hurricanes and the strongest Bahamian hurricane and caused about $3.4 billion in damages to the Bahamian economy. Hurricane Dorian struck Abaco and Grand Bahama with wind speeds of 185 mph and had the highest wind speeds for a North Atlantic landfalling hurricane. The storm caused the death of 74 ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Great Bahamian Hurricanes of 1926

    The Story of Three of the Greatest Hurricanes to Ever Affect the Bahamas

    by Wayne Neely ...
    Every year, hurricanes seem to be increasingly severe and unpredictable, ensuring that they remain one of the most frequent topics of conversation in our everyday lives. The Great Bahamian Hurricanes of 1926 provides the perfect introduction to the complexities and dynamics of hurricanes. It focuses on how they develop, what causes them to be so powerful, the history behind them and how hurricanes ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Greatest and Deadliest Hurricanes to Impact the Bahamas

    The Stories Behind the Great Storms

    by Wayne Neely ...
    The Bahamas is ideally located directly in the path of hurricanes in the North Atlantic. These massive tropical cyclones have been ravaging the Bahamas since the Lucayan Indians blessed these islands with their presence. Now for the very first time, these greatest and deadliest Bahamian hurricanes have been presented and documented in book-form. Such named storms include Hurricanes Andrew, Floyd, ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Great Okeechobee Hurricane of 1928

    The Story of the Second Deadliest Hurricane in American History and the Deadliest Hurricane in Bahamian History

    by Wayne Neely ...
    If you live in the Caribbean or Florida, youve probably heard tales about the Great Okeechobee Hurricane, which killed thousands and left behind wide swaths of destruction. Also known as the Saint Felipe (Phillip) Segundo Hurricane, it developed in the far eastern Atlantic before making its way over land and taking the lives of Bahamian migrant workers and Florida residents.This thoroughly ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Great Bahamas Hurricane of 1929

    The Story of the Greatest Bahamian Hurricane of the Twentieth Century

    by Wayne Neely ...
    The Great Bahamas Hurricane of 1929, also known as the Great Andros Island Hurricane of 1929, was the only major hurricane during the very inactive 1929 North Atlantic hurricane season. The Great Bahamas Hurricane of 1929 was perhaps one of the greatest and deadliest hurricanes to impact the Bahamas and is often regarded as the greatest Bahamian hurricane of the twentieth century. It was the only ... Read more

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  • The Greatest and Deadliest Hurricanes of the Caribbean and the Americas

    The Stories Behind the Great Storms of the North Atlantic

    by Wayne Neely ...
    With modern weather forecasting, we can monitor, track, and predict the path of hurricanes like never before. But all you have to do is look at pictures of the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina or research the massive cleanup costs of Hurricane Sandy to realize that these storms can still have devastating consequences. Wayne Neely, a meteorologist at the Department of Meteorology in Nassau, Bahamas ... Read more

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  • The Great Bahamas Hurricane of 1866

    The Story of One of the Greatest and Deadliest Hurricanes to Ever Impact the Bahamas

    by Wayne Neely ...
    In October 1866, a powerful Category 4 hurricane struck the Bahamian Islands. With winds well over 140 miles per hour and even higher gusts that toppled trees, sank ships, peeled away rooftops, and destroyed vital infrastructures, the massive storm battered the islands with great ferocity. When the seas finally calmed and the winds died down, the massive storm had killed more than 387 people in ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Great Bahamian Hurricanes of 1899 and 1932

    The Story of Two of the Greatest and Deadliest Hurricanes to Impact the Bahamas

    by Wayne Neely ...
    Hurricanes have long been a fact of life in the Bahamas. With extensive exposed coastlines jutting out of the Atlantic and uniquely flat lands and shallow coastal waters, these islands had seen many tempests before there was a Bahamas as we know it today.Hurricanes have shaped the islands landscape and, in a sense, their people as well. In the history of the Bahamasoften considered a patriarchal ... Read more

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  • The Great Hurricane of 1780

    The Story of the Greatest and Deadliest Hurricane of the Caribbean and the Americas

    by Wayne Neely ...
    The Great Hurricane of 1780, also known as Hurricane San Calixto II, is one of the most powerful and deadliest North Atlantic hurricanes on record. Often regarded as a cataclysmic hurricane, the storm’s worst effects were experienced on October 10, 1780. In The Great Hurricane of 1780, author Wayne Neely chronicles the chaos and destruction it brought to the Caribbean. This storm was likely ... Read more

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    How We Can Stop Manufacturing Natural Disasters

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