Infinite Monster: Courage, Hope, and Resurrection in the Face of One of America’s Largest Hurricanes
Posted by admin on May 17, 2012
Product DescriptionCritical Praise for Infinite Monster
”Infinite Monster is a deeply moving, harrowing account of one America’s great cities–Galveston–being ravaged by Hurricane Ike. Highly recommended!” —Douglas Brinkley, professor of History at Rice University and author of The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast
”Infinite Monster deserves a place alongside Isaac’s Storm and A Weekend in September as a tale of a star-crossed city’s struggle to endure the ravages of a mammoth hurricane. Leigh Jones’ and Rhiannon Meyers’ meticulous reporting chronicles the dramatic personal stories that took place on the night Hurricane Ike made landfall and the controversial decisions that had to be made in the storm’s aftermath.” —Paul Burka, Senior Executive Editor, Texas Monthly
”This is a wonderful book, filled with stories that made me angry (all over again), made me smile, and a few that made me cry. The only story Leigh and Rhiannon don t tell here is their own two young women who lost nearly all they owned to Hurricane Ike but fought on to tell the story. I could not be prouder of these two and the rest of our valiant and resourceful staff at The Daily News.” —Dolph Tillotson, publisher of The Galveston County Daily News
Product Description
In 2008, Hurricane Ike swept the Gulf of Mexico into Galveston, submerging 75 percent of the city, shredding entire buildings to splinters, and turning out rich and poor alike from their beloved island home.
Scores of private interviews expose the politics of recovery, the destitution of loss, and the revelry of rebirth. Award-winning Galveston County Daily News reporters Leigh Jones and Rhiannon Meyers deliver the story about one of America’s largest hurricanes through the voices of those who lived it.
Survivors who did return to the island waded through not only mounds of toxic debris, but also a dense and seemingly endless bureaucracy that threatened to stifle recovery before it even began.
Like a phantom reincarnation of its 1900 ancestor, Hurricane Ike was the Infinite Monster that would forever cloud the Gulf Coast’s future.
The Hurricane Lover
Posted by admin on May 16, 2012
Product DescriptionDuring the record-smashing hurricane season of 2005, a deadly game of cat and mouse unfolds and a stormy love affair is complicated by polarized politics, high-strung Southern families, a full-on media circus and the worst disaster management goat screw in US history.
As Hurricane Katrina howls toward the ill-prepared city of New Orleans, Dr. Corbin Thibodeaux, a Gulf Coast climatologist and storm risk specialist, preaches the gospel of evacuation, weighed down by the fresh public memory of a spectacularly false alarm a year earlier.
Meanwhile, Shay Hoovestahl, a puff piece reporter for the local news, stumbles on the story of a con artist who uses storm-related chaos as cover for identity theft and murder. Laying a trap to expose the killer, Shay discovers that Corbin, her former lover, is unwittingly involved, and her plan goes horribly awry as the city’s infrastructure crumbles.
The Hurricane Lover is a fast-paced, emotionally charged tale of two cities, two families, and two desperate people seeking shelter from the storm.
Rodgers, a bestselling author and ghostwriter living on the Gulf Coast, volunteered during relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and experienced Hurricanes Rita and Ike firsthand. She writes knowingly about the dramatic megastorms, weaving in elegant meteorology and riveting transcripts of actual emails sent and received by FEMA director Michael Brown (later released through the Freedom of Information Act.)
“I wanted to share the story of that summer in a very personal way,” says Rodgers. “With human faces, families, all the love and heartache and laughter that is part of life, even in the most extreme situations. I wanted readers to know what happened here. We witnessed enormous destruction and a lot of dirty deeds, yes, but we also witnessed the power of compassion and an overwhelming tide of lovingkindness. These hurricanes – Katrina and Rita – taught me something important, the essence of what I hope readers will take away from this novel: there are more good people in the world than bad. And whatever our differences, we are capable of loving each other.”
Praise for books by Joni Rodgers:
“Rodgers is a pure storyteller. She writes with a wit, lyricism, humanity and joy that make her books impossible to put down.”
Oscar-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin
“At its best, her prose is dazzling, risky and intoxicating.”
Bestselling author/O Magazine book reviewer Pam Houston
“Alternately wrenching and humorous…Rodgers’ strength is a knack for realistic characters who show their faults unselfconsciously and a womanly wise, laugh-through-tears appreciation of life.”
Publishers Weekly
“Every character resonates with life.”
Southern Living Magazine
“Unconventional love scenes scorch the pages… Rodgers is a terrific discovery.”
Orlando Sentinel
“Wise [storytelling] choices and the right amount of grit.”
Texas Monthly
“Rodgers lives, loves and writes without a safety net… managing the rare literary feat of being painful and funny in one urgent breath.”
Entertainment Weekly
Hurricane Irene from Orbit
Posted by admin on May 16, 2012
Astronaut Mike Fossum, aboard the International Space Station, recorded stunning video of Hurricane Irene on Aug. 24. Here he describes the scene.
More on the storm on Dot Earth: http://j.mp/dotIrene
NASA’s Space Station page: http://j.mp/NASAiss
Duration : 0:1:37
Hurricane Katrina Historic Storm Surge Video – Gulfport, Mississippi
Posted by admin on May 15, 2012
http://www.UltimateChase.com
Exclusive video shot by Mike Theiss from ground zero of Hurricane Katrina’s historic 28 foot storm surge that ripped through Gulfport, Mississippi on August 29th, 2005. This video has a time stamp to give a complete and accurate timeline from the Holiday Inn beachfront hotel located directly on the beach in Gulfport. Also, included are shots from the Theiss-Device which is a camera housing designed by Mike to be placed in a place that would be too dangerous from any human to survive. This 13 minute video will give you a sense of just how bad Katrina was on the Gulf Coast without actually putting you in harms way !!!
To see the entire version of this video about 2 hours in duration please purchase the DVD “Battle at the Beachfront”. http://www.BattleAtTheBeachfront.com
Jim Reed and Mike Theiss hope this documentation helps enforce a sense of storm awareness and a respect for the power of mother nature. When local officials ask you to evacuate just think of this video and ask yourself do you want to risk being put in a situation like this ?
Duration : 0:13:39
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The Hurricane
Posted by admin on May 15, 2012
Product DescriptionDaniel Stillman’s Life: 42 Facebook friends 18 Cell phone contacts 6 Twitter followers 4 blog subscribers Now a category five storm is about to take this all away. And replace it with a neighbor he’s never met.
The Hurricane (Import, All Regions)
Posted by admin on May 14, 2012
The great John Ford directed this rousing 1937 adventure with such invigorating physicality that the movie is never compromised by its cornball plot. It’s an island adventure from the old school of tall tales, and the title says it all–the tropical romance between native girl Dorothy Lamour and suntanned hunk Jon Hall is established simply so it can be tested by a meddlesome island governor (Raymond Massey) and a tropical storm that provides one of the most physically impressive climaxes ever filmed. The storm remains as awesome as ever simply because it triumphantly captures the power of nature in the throes of a raging tempest. Massive waves, driving wind, and expert use of miniatures make The Hurricane a marvel of late-1930s special effects, but the sheer spectacle is more than matched by Ford’s efficient economy of story. The romance is lush and primitive, in keeping with the sun-drenched setting on the fictional island of Manikoora, and as Hall’s heroic character must endure wrongful imprisonment and the rigors of escape, Ford maintains a constant atmosphere of foreboding. The director’s masterful use of sound and picture is best captured in the lonely peal of a church bell–it’s both a reaffirming sign of life and, when the bell finally goes silent, a dreaded signal that the hurricane has taken its ultimate toll. –Jeff Shannon
What would be the cheapest hurricane shutters to get for a condo?
Posted by admin on May 11, 2012
What would be the best and cost effective hurricane shutters to buy for a second floor condo sliding glass doors that i could shut from the inside( no outside access, only enclosed screen porch) Thank you.
I would suggest that your purchase should be based on performance, and not price. If you think cheap, and a class 5 Hurricane hits, cheap shutters will be sailing in the wind. Good luck!
The Hurricane
Posted by admin on May 11, 2012
Product DescriptionDaniel Stillman has 42 Facebook friends. His cell phone contains 18 contacts, two of them for pizza delivery. Six people follow him on Twitter. Four readers subscribe to his blog; he’s pretty sure one of them followed him on accident.
And now a category 5 storm is about to wipe all this away.
In its wake will be left a single girl, a neighbor he never knew, and a new reprieve from the digital maelstrom of his life, a great silence like the eye of some terrific storm.
Hurricane Katrina Part Two
Posted by admin on May 11, 2012
http://www.Hurricanetrack.com/posters/dvd2005.html
This is the second part of the three part series of my Katrina documentary. This comes from my successful “Tracking the Hurricanes: 2005″ DVD which chronicles the landfalling U.S. hurricanes during the historic 2005 hurricane season.
In part two, the action really begins. It is now daytime on August 29, 2005 and Katrina is making landfall along the central Gulf Coast. I am in Gulfport, Mississippi working with colleague Mike Watkins. We are seeking refuge at a hotel near I-10 along hwy 49 in Gulfport. We have set up three remotely operated cameras down along the waterfront and are hoping to capture extraordinary video- as well as stream it live to the world. Little did we know that the storm surge would be so enormous that our three camera systems would be washed away- two of them lost forever. The third was found but human error prevented it from working properly. I shift my focus from finding the other missing “black boxes” to documenting the people of a hurricane-torn Mississippi. Part three will sum things up with a trip back to Mississippi 47 days after Katrina.
Duration : 0:22:33
Miami Vice – Season Four
Posted by admin on May 8, 2012
Product DescriptionHit the streets again with Don Johnson as James “Sonny” Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas as Ricardo Tubbs, two of the world’s slickest undercover cops, in Season Four of Miami Vice! Oscar-nominated director Michael Mann and Primetime Emmy Award-winning producer Dick Wolf bring you all 22 heart-pounding, fashion-forward episodes in this must-own 5-disc set. Joining the iconic detective duo in Miami’s steamy underworld is a powerful roster of guest stars, including James Brown, Julia Roberts, and Chris Rock. Miami Vice is an action-packed show whose “influence is still evident” (The New York Times). Starring: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Edward James Olmos