FROM THE RECORD
Analysis, documentation, and investigation of America’s storm history
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We’re all a part of The Game
“Have you confidence in me to trust me with your watch until tomorrow?” Continue reading →
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Why Did They Ignore Havana?
A priest in Havana had the correct forecast. Every man between him and Galveston had his own reason to ignore it. Continue reading →
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Best Hurricane Novels and Disaster Fiction
Most disaster novels treat the storm as set dressing. The wind arrives, things get dramatic, and the characters discover something about themselves. The books on this list do something harder. They treat the hurricane — or the climate system behind… Continue reading →
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Best Climate Fiction: Essential Reading for Storm Enthusiasts
Climate fiction — cli-fi — is the genre that asks what happens when the weather stops being background noise and becomes the story. Not in the future. Now. The books on this list aren’t all about hurricanes. Some are about… Continue reading →
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Best American Disaster Books: Essential Reading
The best American disaster books tell stories most Americans have never heard. They’re not the ones that got the most news coverage. They’re the ones where institutional failure — not nature — determined the death toll. These are the best… Continue reading →
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Florida Hurricane Books: The Essential Reading List
Florida has been hit by more hurricanes than any other state in the country. But most Americans — including most Floridians — can only name a handful. Andrew, maybe Irma, maybe Ian. The storms that actually shaped the state are… Continue reading →
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Best Hurricane History Books: Essential Reading for Storm Enthusiasts
I’ve spent years living inside these storms. reading the primary sources, walking the ground where they made landfall, and trying to understand why the same institutional failures repeat across a century of American hurricane history. These are the books I… Continue reading →