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Eyewall
St. Simons Island, Georgia, has never been hit by a Category 5 hurricane. Until now. No one predicted the storm's sudden force. A crippled Air Force recon plane, trapped in the eye of a violent hurricane. An outspoken tropical weather forecaster, fired from his network TV job before he can issue a the storm is changing course and intensifying. A desperate family searching for a runaway daughter on Georgia's posh St. Simons Island, cut off from escape as the hurricane roars toward them. A marriage on the rocks; an unrequited sexual attraction; a May-December romance. All will be swept up by the monster storm. Get ready for a white-knuckle adventure."You can't put it down." -- Jack Williams, science author and founding weather editor at USA Today "Riveting. Intrigue, power struggles [and] frightening reality from several perspectives. Eyewall will keep you more than interested."-- Marshall Seese, retired anchorman and meteorologist, The Weather Channel.
246 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 15, 2011
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About the author
H.W. "Buzz" Bernard
16 books92 followersH. W. “Buzz” Bernard is a bestselling, award-winning novelist.
His debut novel, EYEWALL, published in 2011, became a number-one bestseller in Amazon’s Kindle Store.
Three of his next four novels won Electronic Publishing Industry Coalition (EPIC) eBook awards in the suspense/thriller category.
In 2020, with the publication of WHEN HEROES FLEW, Buzz switched from writing suspense/thriller novels to WWII historical fiction and began a new series. The first three novels in the series were awarded Gold Medals by the Military Writers Society of America (MWSA). Buzz himself was honored with the MWSA’s highest accolade in 2023, the Founder’s Award.
WHEN HEROES FLEW: THE ROOF OF THE WORLD, the third book in the series, in addition to garnering an MWSA Gold Medal, won the 2023 Nancy Pearl Book Award for genre fiction. The award is sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Writers Association.
Buzz is currently working on his fifth WWII historical fiction book.
Before becoming a novelist, Buzz worked at The Weather Channel as a senior meteorologist for thirteen years. Prior to that, he served as a weather officer in the U.S. Air Force for over three decades. He attained the rank of colonel and received, among other awards, the Legion of Merit.
Buzz is a past president of the Southeastern Writers Association as well as a member of the Pacific Northwest Writers Association, the Willamette Writers, the Military Writers Society of America, International Thriller Writers, and the Atlanta Writers Club.
Although a native Oregonian, Buzz lived for 35 years in Atlanta, and now resides in Kennewick, Washington, with his wife Barbara and their fuzzy Shih Tzu, Stormy . . . who doesn’t live up to his name.
Buzz’s website can be found at www.buzzbernard.com.
His debut novel, EYEWALL, published in 2011, became a number-one bestseller in Amazon’s Kindle Store.
Three of his next four novels won Electronic Publishing Industry Coalition (EPIC) eBook awards in the suspense/thriller category.
In 2020, with the publication of WHEN HEROES FLEW, Buzz switched from writing suspense/thriller novels to WWII historical fiction and began a new series. The first three novels in the series were awarded Gold Medals by the Military Writers Society of America (MWSA). Buzz himself was honored with the MWSA’s highest accolade in 2023, the Founder’s Award.
WHEN HEROES FLEW: THE ROOF OF THE WORLD, the third book in the series, in addition to garnering an MWSA Gold Medal, won the 2023 Nancy Pearl Book Award for genre fiction. The award is sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Writers Association.
Buzz is currently working on his fifth WWII historical fiction book.
Before becoming a novelist, Buzz worked at The Weather Channel as a senior meteorologist for thirteen years. Prior to that, he served as a weather officer in the U.S. Air Force for over three decades. He attained the rank of colonel and received, among other awards, the Legion of Merit.
Buzz is a past president of the Southeastern Writers Association as well as a member of the Pacific Northwest Writers Association, the Willamette Writers, the Military Writers Society of America, International Thriller Writers, and the Atlanta Writers Club.
Although a native Oregonian, Buzz lived for 35 years in Atlanta, and now resides in Kennewick, Washington, with his wife Barbara and their fuzzy Shih Tzu, Stormy . . . who doesn’t live up to his name.
Buzz’s website can be found at www.buzzbernard.com.
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February 27, 2019
Great book if you like natural disaster stories! There was quite a bit of information on hurricanes and hurricane Hunters which I found pretty fascinating. Mother nature is not to be messed with!
September 20, 2012
About all I can say is... WOW!!! What a great book! It was so exciting at so many levels! I felt like I learned a lot. I've only actually experienced one hurricane (actually, by the time it reached our area, it was a tropical storm) and the effects (minor) of a few others, so I've never been as scared as I would have been on the island featured in this book. But I felt I was transported into every scene in the book.
One of the things that made this a most interesting book to me was that when I read it was just after Hurricane Isaac made landfall in Louisiana and the next named storm would begin with "J" (not Janet, though), and I was alive when Janet was a hurricane. Admittedly, I do love a book into which I can feel I've been transported.
I especially love extreme weather stories; blizzards are my favorite storms, but hurricanes run a close second. Loss of lives, both humans and animals saddens me, but I realize it's reality and when I'm reading books with details built on true events, that may happen.
One of the things that made this a most interesting book to me was that when I read it was just after Hurricane Isaac made landfall in Louisiana and the next named storm would begin with "J" (not Janet, though), and I was alive when Janet was a hurricane. Admittedly, I do love a book into which I can feel I've been transported.
I especially love extreme weather stories; blizzards are my favorite storms, but hurricanes run a close second. Loss of lives, both humans and animals saddens me, but I realize it's reality and when I'm reading books with details built on true events, that may happen.
July 23, 2011
I saw this book offer on a website I visit regularly...www.weekinrewind.com. They offer a list books availalbe for download on the Kindle that are free or at reduced prices. A few weeks ago, this book was listed as free. It immediately caught my attention because it is set in St. Simon's Island, Georgia. Not many people have heard of this collection of islands off the coast of Georgia. Jekyll Island is probably the most well-known, then there is also Sea Island. You can only reach these islands by crossing the causeway from Brunswick, Georgia. I have family that has retired in St. Simon's Island. When I was a senior in college, I went there for some R & R. I loved it so much, my husband and I went there for our honeymoon 12 years ago. Sadly, we haven't been back, but I remember the island well. So, when I saw this book, and it was free, I had to get it.
This book is not my typical genre. It is what I would consider an action/thriller/suspense type of novel. The story was intense from the very first chapter. There were times when I had to stop reading and breathe because I hadn't realized I was holding my breath while reading. If I could have, I would have read this book in one sitting. Unfortunately, my schedule doesn't allow that. But, since I had downloaded this to the Kindle App on my iPod touch, I was able to read it often - while riding the car, waiting in the dr's. office, in bed, and in restaurants. I really liked reading on the iPod and will likely download more books that way.
Since I live in Iowa and have never been exposed to hurricanes I was worried I wouldn't understand what it was like. Bernard was able to give the reader enough technical information about hurricanes to help the reader understand them, but not overwhelm or bore them with facts. His descriptions of the rain and wind and their destruction allowed me to picture exactly what was happening on the island. I found it all very interesting and having had straightline winds of 120 mph just go through our area, I got a much better understanding of the force and destruction of hurricanes.
There were several characters in the story, but each chapter was devoted to a setting in the story....the TV Network, The Hurricane Center, The Hurricane Hunter, and St. Simon's Island. So, this helped keep track of everyone and who they were connected with. This story is told over the course of only 1 day in the lives of these characters, with some flashbacks,....and what a day it was. I had no idea there was actually "hurricane hunters", airplanes that flew into the hurricanes to measure them. That was fascinating to me! I really learned a lot about weather patterns and risks others take to bring us those reports.
As I said, the book was very intense and all of the obstacles along the way kept the reader wanting to turn the pages faster and faster. The story does not have a happy ending for everyone which I think made it more believable. I also appreciated that while there was a lot of action and suspense, there was also romance throughout the story.
I was impressed to find that this is Bernrd's debut novel. I hope in his retirement he continues to write. I see he has a new book set to come out in about a year. So, I will be watching for that. I will be telling my relatives in St. Simon's Island about this book even though they have likely already heard about it and maybe even know the author. This is a great summer (or anytime) read for those who like the thrilling page-turners.
H.W. "Buzz" Bernard is a retired meteorologist who worked for thirteen years at the Atlanta-based Weather Channel. He considers St. Simons Island his second home. Visit him at www.buzzbernard.com ◦
This book is not my typical genre. It is what I would consider an action/thriller/suspense type of novel. The story was intense from the very first chapter. There were times when I had to stop reading and breathe because I hadn't realized I was holding my breath while reading. If I could have, I would have read this book in one sitting. Unfortunately, my schedule doesn't allow that. But, since I had downloaded this to the Kindle App on my iPod touch, I was able to read it often - while riding the car, waiting in the dr's. office, in bed, and in restaurants. I really liked reading on the iPod and will likely download more books that way.
Since I live in Iowa and have never been exposed to hurricanes I was worried I wouldn't understand what it was like. Bernard was able to give the reader enough technical information about hurricanes to help the reader understand them, but not overwhelm or bore them with facts. His descriptions of the rain and wind and their destruction allowed me to picture exactly what was happening on the island. I found it all very interesting and having had straightline winds of 120 mph just go through our area, I got a much better understanding of the force and destruction of hurricanes.
There were several characters in the story, but each chapter was devoted to a setting in the story....the TV Network, The Hurricane Center, The Hurricane Hunter, and St. Simon's Island. So, this helped keep track of everyone and who they were connected with. This story is told over the course of only 1 day in the lives of these characters, with some flashbacks,....and what a day it was. I had no idea there was actually "hurricane hunters", airplanes that flew into the hurricanes to measure them. That was fascinating to me! I really learned a lot about weather patterns and risks others take to bring us those reports.
As I said, the book was very intense and all of the obstacles along the way kept the reader wanting to turn the pages faster and faster. The story does not have a happy ending for everyone which I think made it more believable. I also appreciated that while there was a lot of action and suspense, there was also romance throughout the story.
I was impressed to find that this is Bernrd's debut novel. I hope in his retirement he continues to write. I see he has a new book set to come out in about a year. So, I will be watching for that. I will be telling my relatives in St. Simon's Island about this book even though they have likely already heard about it and maybe even know the author. This is a great summer (or anytime) read for those who like the thrilling page-turners.
H.W. "Buzz" Bernard is a retired meteorologist who worked for thirteen years at the Atlanta-based Weather Channel. He considers St. Simons Island his second home. Visit him at www.buzzbernard.com ◦
July 7, 2016
I enjoyed this book immensely. It was hard to put down. I read it in a day and had a jolly good time doing so! This novel is fast paced, takes place on and around St. Simon's Island, Georgia and involves a category 5 hurricane. It is both heart-stopping and heart-wrenching. Full of action, told from different points of view, and employing the science of hurricane hunting, it is well worth the read.
August 18, 2013
It seems like Eyewall by H.W. Buzz Bernard should have been a guaranteed winner, after all it features a category 5 hurricane making landfall in Georgia. I'm a long-time weather geek and have followed storms and systems with rapt enthusiasm for years. Additionally I gave my highest endorsement to Bernard's second book, Plague shetreadssoftly.blogspot.com/2012/10/... so I was really looking forward to Eyewall. Alas, there were a few flaws in this debut novel. There were also a few things he did right.
Hurricane Janet starts out as a category 1, but it soon begins to intensify due to rapidly changing weather conditions. Bernard's story basically follows three different men: a weather channel expert forecaster Dr. Nicholas Obermeyer; Air Force Hurricane hunter Major Arly Walker; vacationing family man Alan Grant. As Obermeyer fights his boss to air an evacuation warning when he realizes the hurricane is strengthening, Walker and crew fly into the storm unaware of the danger they are facing. Grant and his family are on St. Simons Island, which is now the targeted area where the hurricane will make landfall.
All of the weather information, the changing conditions are based on solid information and years of personal experience, so this was a definite plus in Bernard's novel. The crew flying into the hurricane and what they experience, is all very captivating and riveting. The Grant family... not so much.
I didn't like one character associated with the Grant family and found that whole storyline annoying at best. One reviewer somewhere mentioned that he felt this might be more of a guy's novel. He's right. There is not one woman I have ever known who wakes up very early in the morning, worried about the approaching hurricane, and then decides they want to make coffee for their man, bring it to him, and then talk like a pirate wench while initiating sex. And oops, while this scenario was playing out their 15 yr. old daughter slipped out of the house to meet a strange guy she met online. Now they must rescue her. I won't even go into the other issues I had with this group.
I was good with the other characters, but good grief, the female characters were all a joke. Okay, Donna the shrewish wife of the Major was so over-the-top in her venomous comments it was cartoonish. And, again, what's with the fantasy material? In the event that a young woman and her older co-worker are fired from their forecasting jobs because they have tried to warn people about an approaching catastrophic storm and they head to his place for breakfast, what young woman is going to start making eggs, excuse herself to go to the bathroom, and come out in her sexy underwear to seduce said older co-worker? Really? really?
Toward the end I had to ignore a couple of other events/actions that had me shaking my head.
In conclusion: the science is solid, and presented in a way that is easily understood and follow even if you aren't a weather geek, and following the flight into the storm and the subsequent crises was gripping-nail-biting suspense, but there are a few problems that prevent me from going more than Recommended.
Quotes:
AIRBORNE, 175 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE GEORGIA COASTLABOR DAY SUNDAY, 0800 HOURS Dead ahead of the aircraft, a massive redoubt of roiling clouds, the eyewall of Hurricane Janet, billowed toward the heavens and poked into the underbelly of the stratosphere. Between the aircraft, an Air Force Hurricane Hunter, and the towering wall, layers of white and gray clouds, innocuous outliers of the storm, cluttered the skyscape. But the eyewall itself was obsidian, foreboding. opening
“Don’t be such a dick head. At least admit it was our decision. I thought we agreed your career in the Reserve was shot to hell. No more promotions. Stuck in-grade.”
“It doesn’t matter, I love to fly.”
“The point is, not only is your Reserve job in the toilet, so is your bank job,” she snapped. “Your real job.”
“I’m an assistant vice president.”
“Dime-a-dozen. You should be an executive vice president by now, climbing the corporate ladder, investing your extra time at the bank instead of tootling around in cloud formations with your tin-soldier flyboy buds.” Location 251-263
For thirty years, he’d studied rapidly intensifying hurricanes, and over the last ten had forged a theory, the essence of which he’d scribbled onto an old-fashioned paper checklist. Inflow, outflow. Stability, instability. An upper-air low pressure center here. A high pressure ridge there. On and on. Twenty-two factors. Until this morning, he’d never seen them all positive, all favorable. Now he was looking at a monster-in-the-making. Location 468-473
Again McSwanson fell silent. When he finally spoke, his words came out wrapped in a growl. “Although I know it’s a stretch, just give it to me straight. What are ya seein’ that nobody else is?” Obermeyer started to speak, but to his surprise, no words came out. He cleared his throat and tried again. “A cat four or five landfalling somewhere along the south Georgia coast by early evening.” Location 1048-1054
You gotta squeeze people off that island like they were coming out of a sausage grinder at warp speed. You’ve got Andrew’s big sister coming at you.”Location 3825-3826
“It’s not a mother-thing, it’s a woman-thing. Don’t you know it’s a female prerogative to comfort, to soothe, to give approbation?” Location 5763-5764
Hurricane Janet starts out as a category 1, but it soon begins to intensify due to rapidly changing weather conditions. Bernard's story basically follows three different men: a weather channel expert forecaster Dr. Nicholas Obermeyer; Air Force Hurricane hunter Major Arly Walker; vacationing family man Alan Grant. As Obermeyer fights his boss to air an evacuation warning when he realizes the hurricane is strengthening, Walker and crew fly into the storm unaware of the danger they are facing. Grant and his family are on St. Simons Island, which is now the targeted area where the hurricane will make landfall.
All of the weather information, the changing conditions are based on solid information and years of personal experience, so this was a definite plus in Bernard's novel. The crew flying into the hurricane and what they experience, is all very captivating and riveting. The Grant family... not so much.
I didn't like one character associated with the Grant family and found that whole storyline annoying at best. One reviewer somewhere mentioned that he felt this might be more of a guy's novel. He's right. There is not one woman I have ever known who wakes up very early in the morning, worried about the approaching hurricane, and then decides they want to make coffee for their man, bring it to him, and then talk like a pirate wench while initiating sex. And oops, while this scenario was playing out their 15 yr. old daughter slipped out of the house to meet a strange guy she met online. Now they must rescue her. I won't even go into the other issues I had with this group.
I was good with the other characters, but good grief, the female characters were all a joke. Okay, Donna the shrewish wife of the Major was so over-the-top in her venomous comments it was cartoonish. And, again, what's with the fantasy material? In the event that a young woman and her older co-worker are fired from their forecasting jobs because they have tried to warn people about an approaching catastrophic storm and they head to his place for breakfast, what young woman is going to start making eggs, excuse herself to go to the bathroom, and come out in her sexy underwear to seduce said older co-worker? Really? really?
Toward the end I had to ignore a couple of other events/actions that had me shaking my head.
In conclusion: the science is solid, and presented in a way that is easily understood and follow even if you aren't a weather geek, and following the flight into the storm and the subsequent crises was gripping-nail-biting suspense, but there are a few problems that prevent me from going more than Recommended.
Quotes:
AIRBORNE, 175 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE GEORGIA COASTLABOR DAY SUNDAY, 0800 HOURS Dead ahead of the aircraft, a massive redoubt of roiling clouds, the eyewall of Hurricane Janet, billowed toward the heavens and poked into the underbelly of the stratosphere. Between the aircraft, an Air Force Hurricane Hunter, and the towering wall, layers of white and gray clouds, innocuous outliers of the storm, cluttered the skyscape. But the eyewall itself was obsidian, foreboding. opening
“Don’t be such a dick head. At least admit it was our decision. I thought we agreed your career in the Reserve was shot to hell. No more promotions. Stuck in-grade.”
“It doesn’t matter, I love to fly.”
“The point is, not only is your Reserve job in the toilet, so is your bank job,” she snapped. “Your real job.”
“I’m an assistant vice president.”
“Dime-a-dozen. You should be an executive vice president by now, climbing the corporate ladder, investing your extra time at the bank instead of tootling around in cloud formations with your tin-soldier flyboy buds.” Location 251-263
For thirty years, he’d studied rapidly intensifying hurricanes, and over the last ten had forged a theory, the essence of which he’d scribbled onto an old-fashioned paper checklist. Inflow, outflow. Stability, instability. An upper-air low pressure center here. A high pressure ridge there. On and on. Twenty-two factors. Until this morning, he’d never seen them all positive, all favorable. Now he was looking at a monster-in-the-making. Location 468-473
Again McSwanson fell silent. When he finally spoke, his words came out wrapped in a growl. “Although I know it’s a stretch, just give it to me straight. What are ya seein’ that nobody else is?” Obermeyer started to speak, but to his surprise, no words came out. He cleared his throat and tried again. “A cat four or five landfalling somewhere along the south Georgia coast by early evening.” Location 1048-1054
You gotta squeeze people off that island like they were coming out of a sausage grinder at warp speed. You’ve got Andrew’s big sister coming at you.”Location 3825-3826
“It’s not a mother-thing, it’s a woman-thing. Don’t you know it’s a female prerogative to comfort, to soothe, to give approbation?” Location 5763-5764
September 6, 2017
This was actually much better than I had even expected. Every step of the way was paved with strife, love, conflict, daring, heroism and of course the raging maelstrom of a category 5 hurricane. The characters were very well crafted, their conflicts were emotionally charged enough to have you invested in their stories as you read onward to see what happens. The three main male characters were all terrible with women, but, they did alright in the heroic fortitude column; so, it's hard not like em anyway. As for the storm itself... awesome. The dramatic action in the air and on the ground was intense for more than just a quick scene, almost the whole book was super-blast of furious wind and rain right out of a nightmare. Good stuff.
September 9, 2011
Let me start off by saying I'm like the world’s biggest sucker for "disaster" movies so when I found this book I was actually jumping in my seat.
This book is three storylines who all come together. One is about a US air Force hurricane hunting team who has the task of flying through hurricane Janet to collect data, but this goes terribly wrong. The second is of a family who is on vacation on St. Simon Island and are looking for their missing daughter and get stuck on the island as the storm hits. The third is of the meteorologist who finds out that hurricane Janet isn't what she seems to be and who risks his career to tell on national television for people to evacuate.
As you can see that does take after the "disaster" movies we all know. Also the awkward relationships are in this book. (but thank God no working with the ex-wife/husband because that one is getting way too old) There is the unanswered love of a coworker who has a bad marriage and a blooming may-december love which starts off by the woman offering sex so the man won't go for the booze.
I do want to say the characters in this book aren't as bad as they mostly are in the movies. No these characters are actually well developed. I was feeling for these characters and hoping they would make it out alive
I can say I really enjoyed this book. It's a fast-paced thriller which grabs you from the first page and doesn't let go until the last page. The information in this book is quite technical but well explained and there's not too much to make it boring. Actually it was quite interesting and I for one am hoping he will write more of these books.
This book is three storylines who all come together. One is about a US air Force hurricane hunting team who has the task of flying through hurricane Janet to collect data, but this goes terribly wrong. The second is of a family who is on vacation on St. Simon Island and are looking for their missing daughter and get stuck on the island as the storm hits. The third is of the meteorologist who finds out that hurricane Janet isn't what she seems to be and who risks his career to tell on national television for people to evacuate.
As you can see that does take after the "disaster" movies we all know. Also the awkward relationships are in this book. (but thank God no working with the ex-wife/husband because that one is getting way too old) There is the unanswered love of a coworker who has a bad marriage and a blooming may-december love which starts off by the woman offering sex so the man won't go for the booze.
I do want to say the characters in this book aren't as bad as they mostly are in the movies. No these characters are actually well developed. I was feeling for these characters and hoping they would make it out alive
I can say I really enjoyed this book. It's a fast-paced thriller which grabs you from the first page and doesn't let go until the last page. The information in this book is quite technical but well explained and there's not too much to make it boring. Actually it was quite interesting and I for one am hoping he will write more of these books.
October 30, 2011
Twelve hours inside a hurricane...
This story is about a hurricane off the coast of Georgia that initially looks like a minor threat except to one meteorologist who sees something that the computer models don't - the potential to escalate quickly to a category 5. But he needs to convince his superiors that he is right and to let him go on the air and warn the affected areas. Meanwhile, the Air Force Hurricane Hunters are doing a routine sweep through the storm to send data back to the Hurricane Center. Will they be warned in time or realize the storm's potential after they are already inside? And then there are the people vacationing on the islands off the Georgia coast for Labor Day weekend - can they be warned and evacuated in time?
The writing is very good, story is fast-paced and makes you feel like you are right in the storm along with the characters. By far, the best Kindle freebie I've found, though I wouldn't have minded paying a few bucks for it either. I will be looking for more by H.W. Bernard.
This story is about a hurricane off the coast of Georgia that initially looks like a minor threat except to one meteorologist who sees something that the computer models don't - the potential to escalate quickly to a category 5. But he needs to convince his superiors that he is right and to let him go on the air and warn the affected areas. Meanwhile, the Air Force Hurricane Hunters are doing a routine sweep through the storm to send data back to the Hurricane Center. Will they be warned in time or realize the storm's potential after they are already inside? And then there are the people vacationing on the islands off the Georgia coast for Labor Day weekend - can they be warned and evacuated in time?
The writing is very good, story is fast-paced and makes you feel like you are right in the storm along with the characters. By far, the best Kindle freebie I've found, though I wouldn't have minded paying a few bucks for it either. I will be looking for more by H.W. Bernard.
July 19, 2011
A fun, mostly quick paced thriller about people involved in a huuricane on St. Simons Island off the coast of Georgia.
There is a family of four who are vacationing on the island and find themselves searching for the 15 year old daughter who snuck of the home. They must try to find their daughter before the storm hits the island.
Then there is the Hurricane Hunters, the US Air Force reservists who have the ominous job of flying in and out of the hurricane to get readings from the huge storm. Tyey don't realize until its too late that this is a mega storm and they might not even come out of it alive!
In Atlanta there is the meteorologist who predicts where the eye of the storm will hit and risks his career on live television telling people to evacuate. He already feels he's late getting the information on tv, will it be too late to help all of the people on St. Simons Island evacuate?
A nice free read from the Amazon Kindle store.
There is a family of four who are vacationing on the island and find themselves searching for the 15 year old daughter who snuck of the home. They must try to find their daughter before the storm hits the island.
Then there is the Hurricane Hunters, the US Air Force reservists who have the ominous job of flying in and out of the hurricane to get readings from the huge storm. Tyey don't realize until its too late that this is a mega storm and they might not even come out of it alive!
In Atlanta there is the meteorologist who predicts where the eye of the storm will hit and risks his career on live television telling people to evacuate. He already feels he's late getting the information on tv, will it be too late to help all of the people on St. Simons Island evacuate?
A nice free read from the Amazon Kindle store.
July 19, 2011
As other reviewers have stated, this is a "can't put it down" kind of book. While the plot, and the characters for that matter, are fairly standard and stereotypical, the book still grabbed me by the seat of my pants and refused to let go. Making the deal that much sweeter was that I found the book free for my Kindle. WIN!
July 29, 2011
A fast-paced thriller following three stories that intercept during Hurricane Janet, which goes from a cat. 1 to a cat. 5 coming into St. Simons Island, GA. A family of four can't get off the island. A weather network specialist has to go rogue to warn the masses. The Hurricane Hunter plane is trapped inside the eyeball. Strong, emotional characters.
April 18, 2013
Holy cow! I liked this book!! In fact read to 78% before I put it down!! I went into it thinking it was a made for tv weather disaster movie-ala lifetime and I suppose it is BUT it really kept my attention and it was worth the read!! Could just about hear the wind and the rain and the waves!! And it reminded me of living in Charleston when Hugo hit---never again baby
August 29, 2012
This is a really good book which gives good insight into the Hurricane Hunter C-130's and what they do. I went to school at Keesler AFB in Biloxi, MI where the Hurricane Hunters are stationed. Plus a some human drama added in made it a pretty good book.
June 12, 2021
I enjoyed this book far more than I thought I would. I received it as a freebie several years ago and it sat on my tbr shelf because I thought it would be a dud.
July 23, 2011
~* 4.5 Stars *~
Gripped Me By the Throat and Didn't Let Go
It's Labor Day weekend and St. Simons Island, Georgia, is flooded with holiday tourists, even though a category one hurricane is churning in the Atlantic just east of the Florida peninsula. It's a minimal hurricane, after all, and not expected to show any real attitude before it makes landfall in South Carolina. Plus, everyone knows that hurricanes don't hit the coast of Georgia. The concave shape protects it from the vagaries of the world's most devastating storm.
Everyone forgot one very tiny but important detail: Mother Nature tends to scoff at absolutes...and she'll makes us pay dearly for the hubris of them.
Janet is intensifying fast, a unique sequence of weather conditions falling into place and turning a relatively weak hurricane into the single most devastating and powerful force on the planet, a Cat 5 monster that will scour the earth of everything in its path.
As it turns its voracious eye towards the Georgia coastline, Janet badly damages then catches a Hurricane Hunter plane, capturing it and its crew within her calm center after some bad intel had them flying in at far too low an altitude for their plane to survive intact. On the island in her path is a family vacationing from Atlanta, a family with a daughter who skipped out and a father who is belligerent in his ignorance of Hurricane Janet's deadly plans. As the first bands of Janet start to slam into the island, concern for his daughter's safety mounts until he and his wife are beside themselves. By the time they realize that the original forecasts on Janet had been terribly, horribly wrong it's too late to evacuate and their fifteen-year-old daughter is trapped behind the walls of a gated and closed house on the next island.
Winds too strong for breath, a storm surge that will eclipse the island's highest point, and no escape from either. Hurricane Janet is coming. And Death is riding her coattails.
My hat is off to H.W. "Buzz" Bernard, who crafted an intelligent and informative, gripping and emotional thriller that kept me on the absolute edge of my seat. I couldn't put Eyewall down. I couldn't look away. I was captivated within the first few pages and had to ride it out to see how it all ended up. That, to me, is what a thriller is supposed to do, and this one did it.
I suppose I could be a little critical of the formulaic plot, and anyone who's ever seen a natural disaster movie or read a natural disaster book has met the stock characters that it contains. There's the guy who knows better than his own family that there's no danger, disregards the warnings, and through his arrogance and ignorance, puts them all in danger. There's the willful teen who rebels against her family at the worst possible time and makes it all infinitely worse. There's the dogged hero, worn out by life for whatever reason but who steps up to the plate when needed. There's the experienced professional, the one voice of knowledge against a cacophany, who is invariably punished for knowing more and speaking up but is lauded alongside the hero in the end. And there are usually women who love them both because of it.
You've seen all or most of these characters many times before, and the formula won't surprise you if you're as much a fan of this sort of thriller as I am. In that regard, I suppose it's not all that different from any of them. But I am a fan of natural disaster stories for the very reason that I like that formula and enjoy those characters, and this one had my heart racing as the tension mounted throughout. And for several personal reasons I'll mention in a moment, this particular story really worked for me.
Bernard took a bad situation to its extremes, kept the tension high with a taut, driven narrative that shifted focus seamlessly, and while moving around his character archetypes, managed to make them relatable, believable, and likable (except, of course, for those you're not supposed to like). I rooted for them, hoped for them, yearned for their safety. I wanted to shake them when they were foolish, kick them when they were stupid. I was totally into the intensity, caught up in the risk and the looming threat, dry-mouthed at the realized danger. I was affected throughout the whole book. It was plausible (more than some may believe), it was gut-clenching, and it was written with intelligence and obvious knowledge.
For all that and more, the book just flat-out thrilled me on just about every level.
It also reminded me.
The date was August 13th, 2004. It was a Friday, which, really...so very apropos. I was sitting at my computer, happy to have the day off from work, as officials had closed my place of employment when the area fell within the cone of uncertainty for the track of Hurricane Charley, a small category two hurricane coming up into the Gulf of Mexico from Cuba. We were really a statistical outlier as far as the expected track was concerned, it was slated to make landfall in Tampa, about two hours north of my home in Fort Myers, later that afternoon.
I wasn't concerned. I did, though, have the TV on, tuned to the local weather because Charley was getting closer and, honestly, hurricanes fascinate me. We'd been warned to expect some wind, some rain. We'd been told it wouldn't be significantly worse than a summer squall as far as intensity goes, and it's Florida in the summer...we're sort of used to that. No. Big. Deal.
I was playing a card game online, sipping a soda, and chatting via instant messenger with friends who were more concerned than I was about what was slated to brush by us. I had no shutters or boards on my windows or doors, hadn't bothered taking in my porch furniture, had no cooler, no ice, no food stocked, no batteries handy, no portable radio set up, nothing.
Hey, Charley was heading for Tampa, and it was too small to cause us any real strife, and it was just a category two.
I'll never forget the moment I realized how incredibly stupid, how horrifyingly ignorant I, despite my fascination with hurricanes, had been. I heard it in the voices of the meteorologists during the joint broadcast I had playing on TV...what had been little more than background noise as I played and chatted. It was something I'd never heard before, so it caught my attention. It made me turn my head towards the picture on the screen, and what I'd heard became what I could also see, and neither the game nor the chatting seemed as important after that.
By the way, if you've never heard fear in the voices of trained and experienced meteorologists, be glad. I don't recommend the experience.
It didn't start with fear, though. It started with an odd and tight caution - that's what caught my attention. The National Hurricane Center had Charley steady on his forecasted path, but our radar, the same local radar I watched daily, was suggesting something else. The meteorologists were obviously hesitant to argue with the NHC but motivated to warn their viewers. A slight jog to the east...closer towards the coast...seemed to be more of a steady turn, and it could be clearly seen that Charley had tightened up, intensified.
A category two hurricane headed for Tampa was now a category four hurricane headed for... Well...
It was starting to bear down on the southern tip of Sanibel island as if it intended to jaunt along Summerlin Road on its way to the heart of Fort Myers. My home abuts Summerlin Road.
I spent hours wedged into my microscopic laundry room, couch pillows piled up under and around me, my two dogs stuffed into the adjoining downstairs bathroom. Bathroom door closed tight. I'd unearthed my portable radio - though the reception was horrible - and huddled in the dark, alone but for the dogs, listening to the weather reports over the wail of wind.
I was so damned afraid.
Fortunately (for me, anyway - a lot of others weren't so lucky and my sympathies were with them), Charley seemed to change his mind again before he hit Sanibel, jogging a bit further north to devastate Captiva and Port Charlotte. Fortunately Charley was small, with the most intense winds less than twenty miles out from the eye. Fortunately, the sustained winds where I live were not totally devastating and though damage was wide-spread, the gusts didn't topple anything over onto my condo or my car. Fortunately, fortunately, fortunately.
Maybe that's why Eyewall hit me so hard, worked so well as a tightly woven thriller. I'm not a meteorologist, so I have no idea if the events of this book could happen to the coast of Georgia. I know beyond a doubt, though, that it could happen. That to a lesser degree it has happened. I was there.
Oh, and one more thing... When Hurricane Wilma made landfall several miles south of us in October 2005, my windows were boarded, radio and candles handy, batteries ready, and both my hurricane kit and my cooler were stocked.
Disclosure: An Advance Reading Copy of this book was provided to me by Bell Bridge Books via NetGalley. This rating, review, and all included thoughts and comments are my own.
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Reviewed for One Good Book Deserves Another.
Gripped Me By the Throat and Didn't Let Go
It's Labor Day weekend and St. Simons Island, Georgia, is flooded with holiday tourists, even though a category one hurricane is churning in the Atlantic just east of the Florida peninsula. It's a minimal hurricane, after all, and not expected to show any real attitude before it makes landfall in South Carolina. Plus, everyone knows that hurricanes don't hit the coast of Georgia. The concave shape protects it from the vagaries of the world's most devastating storm.
Everyone forgot one very tiny but important detail: Mother Nature tends to scoff at absolutes...and she'll makes us pay dearly for the hubris of them.
Janet is intensifying fast, a unique sequence of weather conditions falling into place and turning a relatively weak hurricane into the single most devastating and powerful force on the planet, a Cat 5 monster that will scour the earth of everything in its path.
As it turns its voracious eye towards the Georgia coastline, Janet badly damages then catches a Hurricane Hunter plane, capturing it and its crew within her calm center after some bad intel had them flying in at far too low an altitude for their plane to survive intact. On the island in her path is a family vacationing from Atlanta, a family with a daughter who skipped out and a father who is belligerent in his ignorance of Hurricane Janet's deadly plans. As the first bands of Janet start to slam into the island, concern for his daughter's safety mounts until he and his wife are beside themselves. By the time they realize that the original forecasts on Janet had been terribly, horribly wrong it's too late to evacuate and their fifteen-year-old daughter is trapped behind the walls of a gated and closed house on the next island.
Winds too strong for breath, a storm surge that will eclipse the island's highest point, and no escape from either. Hurricane Janet is coming. And Death is riding her coattails.
My hat is off to H.W. "Buzz" Bernard, who crafted an intelligent and informative, gripping and emotional thriller that kept me on the absolute edge of my seat. I couldn't put Eyewall down. I couldn't look away. I was captivated within the first few pages and had to ride it out to see how it all ended up. That, to me, is what a thriller is supposed to do, and this one did it.
I suppose I could be a little critical of the formulaic plot, and anyone who's ever seen a natural disaster movie or read a natural disaster book has met the stock characters that it contains. There's the guy who knows better than his own family that there's no danger, disregards the warnings, and through his arrogance and ignorance, puts them all in danger. There's the willful teen who rebels against her family at the worst possible time and makes it all infinitely worse. There's the dogged hero, worn out by life for whatever reason but who steps up to the plate when needed. There's the experienced professional, the one voice of knowledge against a cacophany, who is invariably punished for knowing more and speaking up but is lauded alongside the hero in the end. And there are usually women who love them both because of it.
You've seen all or most of these characters many times before, and the formula won't surprise you if you're as much a fan of this sort of thriller as I am. In that regard, I suppose it's not all that different from any of them. But I am a fan of natural disaster stories for the very reason that I like that formula and enjoy those characters, and this one had my heart racing as the tension mounted throughout. And for several personal reasons I'll mention in a moment, this particular story really worked for me.
Bernard took a bad situation to its extremes, kept the tension high with a taut, driven narrative that shifted focus seamlessly, and while moving around his character archetypes, managed to make them relatable, believable, and likable (except, of course, for those you're not supposed to like). I rooted for them, hoped for them, yearned for their safety. I wanted to shake them when they were foolish, kick them when they were stupid. I was totally into the intensity, caught up in the risk and the looming threat, dry-mouthed at the realized danger. I was affected throughout the whole book. It was plausible (more than some may believe), it was gut-clenching, and it was written with intelligence and obvious knowledge.
For all that and more, the book just flat-out thrilled me on just about every level.
It also reminded me.
The date was August 13th, 2004. It was a Friday, which, really...so very apropos. I was sitting at my computer, happy to have the day off from work, as officials had closed my place of employment when the area fell within the cone of uncertainty for the track of Hurricane Charley, a small category two hurricane coming up into the Gulf of Mexico from Cuba. We were really a statistical outlier as far as the expected track was concerned, it was slated to make landfall in Tampa, about two hours north of my home in Fort Myers, later that afternoon.
I wasn't concerned. I did, though, have the TV on, tuned to the local weather because Charley was getting closer and, honestly, hurricanes fascinate me. We'd been warned to expect some wind, some rain. We'd been told it wouldn't be significantly worse than a summer squall as far as intensity goes, and it's Florida in the summer...we're sort of used to that. No. Big. Deal.
I was playing a card game online, sipping a soda, and chatting via instant messenger with friends who were more concerned than I was about what was slated to brush by us. I had no shutters or boards on my windows or doors, hadn't bothered taking in my porch furniture, had no cooler, no ice, no food stocked, no batteries handy, no portable radio set up, nothing.
Hey, Charley was heading for Tampa, and it was too small to cause us any real strife, and it was just a category two.
I'll never forget the moment I realized how incredibly stupid, how horrifyingly ignorant I, despite my fascination with hurricanes, had been. I heard it in the voices of the meteorologists during the joint broadcast I had playing on TV...what had been little more than background noise as I played and chatted. It was something I'd never heard before, so it caught my attention. It made me turn my head towards the picture on the screen, and what I'd heard became what I could also see, and neither the game nor the chatting seemed as important after that.
By the way, if you've never heard fear in the voices of trained and experienced meteorologists, be glad. I don't recommend the experience.
It didn't start with fear, though. It started with an odd and tight caution - that's what caught my attention. The National Hurricane Center had Charley steady on his forecasted path, but our radar, the same local radar I watched daily, was suggesting something else. The meteorologists were obviously hesitant to argue with the NHC but motivated to warn their viewers. A slight jog to the east...closer towards the coast...seemed to be more of a steady turn, and it could be clearly seen that Charley had tightened up, intensified.
A category two hurricane headed for Tampa was now a category four hurricane headed for... Well...
It was starting to bear down on the southern tip of Sanibel island as if it intended to jaunt along Summerlin Road on its way to the heart of Fort Myers. My home abuts Summerlin Road.
I spent hours wedged into my microscopic laundry room, couch pillows piled up under and around me, my two dogs stuffed into the adjoining downstairs bathroom. Bathroom door closed tight. I'd unearthed my portable radio - though the reception was horrible - and huddled in the dark, alone but for the dogs, listening to the weather reports over the wail of wind.
I was so damned afraid.
Fortunately (for me, anyway - a lot of others weren't so lucky and my sympathies were with them), Charley seemed to change his mind again before he hit Sanibel, jogging a bit further north to devastate Captiva and Port Charlotte. Fortunately Charley was small, with the most intense winds less than twenty miles out from the eye. Fortunately, the sustained winds where I live were not totally devastating and though damage was wide-spread, the gusts didn't topple anything over onto my condo or my car. Fortunately, fortunately, fortunately.
Maybe that's why Eyewall hit me so hard, worked so well as a tightly woven thriller. I'm not a meteorologist, so I have no idea if the events of this book could happen to the coast of Georgia. I know beyond a doubt, though, that it could happen. That to a lesser degree it has happened. I was there.
Oh, and one more thing... When Hurricane Wilma made landfall several miles south of us in October 2005, my windows were boarded, radio and candles handy, batteries ready, and both my hurricane kit and my cooler were stocked.
Disclosure: An Advance Reading Copy of this book was provided to me by Bell Bridge Books via NetGalley. This rating, review, and all included thoughts and comments are my own.
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Reviewed for One Good Book Deserves Another.
March 21, 2017
“Eyewall” written by H. W. "Buzz" Bernard and narrated by Marshall Seese is a natural disaster story in the likes of “The Poseidon Adventure” or “The Towering Inferno”. This story takes place during a hurricane that rapidly increases in intensity and goes off course decimating an island off the Georgian coast. The author wraps in various relationships that are not directly related to the story. If you are someone who enjoys book of the natural disaster genre or likes learning a great deal about weather, Eyewall might be a good book for you. I was amazed by the amount of research and depth that went into that part of the book. If you decide to pick up this book, I recommend you do it in digital format and not the audiobook for reasons I will cover later in the review.
The author did a great job of telling this story and educating the reader on the complexities of weather forecasting and the wonderful people who chase hurricanes and report on these massive storms. The author clearly understood his subject matter around weather related details and you can clearly see it is his passion. I did find the relationship and romantic aspects of the story lacking and rather forced or flat compared to others I have read. I did not find myself attached to any of the primary or secondary characters so I found it difficult to sympathize with their situation apart from it being another human facing tragedy. I just did not feel attached to any of them.
I wanted to really like this book, but I found it too flawed to recommend at least the audiobook edition. I was also somewhat disappointed at the amount of vulgar language used by almost all the characters; often when there was no need to be expressive where other words could have been used instead. I never pictured the characters speaking that way and it often cheapened my view of their level of education. Not only did the book contain strong language, it cannot be recommended for younger readers, it also included some graphic or crude sexual scenes or language that was not relevant to the story in any way. Again, most of this seemed flat, forced, and unnecessary. If you are easily offended by either of these, I would say that you may want to choose a different book.
Let me turn to the one aspect that ruined the book for me. First let me acknowledge that I know how difficult it is to narrate and record an audiobook, but I have listened to more than my share and often I do not come across one that has been so poorly edited as this one. There were issues with volume consistency, pauses not removed, page turns in the background, and often issues with the use of inflection. Again, these could be tolerated if you were talking about one or two events. That is not the case with this audiobook, almost every chapter has one or multiple and noticeable audio artifacts.
Still on the narration portion of the book, the multiple characters were at times confused and/or their accent changed mid-sentence. For a book that also has many female characters, I would rather a narrator not use a falsetto voice, but instead use a more normal voice (even if it is lower) for female characters. Often the female voices were painful to listen during long dialogue periods. Lastly, the inflection was often off or questions not read as a question. It seemed the narrator did not know the content until he turned to the page he was reading. For me, all the narration issues made the book one that I could hardly complete, but I wanted to see how it ended; and in some ways, I was happy when it did.
If you can suspend belief quite a bit and tolerate relationships that seemed flat, the book is quite exciting and it may be more enjoyable in its written form.
The author did a great job of telling this story and educating the reader on the complexities of weather forecasting and the wonderful people who chase hurricanes and report on these massive storms. The author clearly understood his subject matter around weather related details and you can clearly see it is his passion. I did find the relationship and romantic aspects of the story lacking and rather forced or flat compared to others I have read. I did not find myself attached to any of the primary or secondary characters so I found it difficult to sympathize with their situation apart from it being another human facing tragedy. I just did not feel attached to any of them.
I wanted to really like this book, but I found it too flawed to recommend at least the audiobook edition. I was also somewhat disappointed at the amount of vulgar language used by almost all the characters; often when there was no need to be expressive where other words could have been used instead. I never pictured the characters speaking that way and it often cheapened my view of their level of education. Not only did the book contain strong language, it cannot be recommended for younger readers, it also included some graphic or crude sexual scenes or language that was not relevant to the story in any way. Again, most of this seemed flat, forced, and unnecessary. If you are easily offended by either of these, I would say that you may want to choose a different book.
Let me turn to the one aspect that ruined the book for me. First let me acknowledge that I know how difficult it is to narrate and record an audiobook, but I have listened to more than my share and often I do not come across one that has been so poorly edited as this one. There were issues with volume consistency, pauses not removed, page turns in the background, and often issues with the use of inflection. Again, these could be tolerated if you were talking about one or two events. That is not the case with this audiobook, almost every chapter has one or multiple and noticeable audio artifacts.
Still on the narration portion of the book, the multiple characters were at times confused and/or their accent changed mid-sentence. For a book that also has many female characters, I would rather a narrator not use a falsetto voice, but instead use a more normal voice (even if it is lower) for female characters. Often the female voices were painful to listen during long dialogue periods. Lastly, the inflection was often off or questions not read as a question. It seemed the narrator did not know the content until he turned to the page he was reading. For me, all the narration issues made the book one that I could hardly complete, but I wanted to see how it ended; and in some ways, I was happy when it did.
If you can suspend belief quite a bit and tolerate relationships that seemed flat, the book is quite exciting and it may be more enjoyable in its written form.
August 9, 2018
I love "weather", and love St. Simons Island so this was a no-brainer.
A hurricane is brewing, and headed toward St. Simons, and is bigger than anyone anticipates.
With only one causeway to the mainland, it is imperative to get the word out, but no one wants to believe Obie, the disgraced meteorologist. When he takes matters into his own hands, he and a co-worker, Sherrie, put their jobs on the line.
This is supposed to be Lt. Walker's last flight as a Hurricane Hunter. Expecting a routine flight into a Cat One storm, the crew has to make life-altering decisions when their plane is disabled inside the storm.
Add a family on St. Simons trying to reconnect and escape, personal relationships that are crumbling and others which are just beginning, and you have a tumultuous mix of science, drama and intrigue.
Don't plan on doing much once you get this book. You will want to read until you are finished.
I plan to get the other books by this author as soon as possible.
A hurricane is brewing, and headed toward St. Simons, and is bigger than anyone anticipates.
With only one causeway to the mainland, it is imperative to get the word out, but no one wants to believe Obie, the disgraced meteorologist. When he takes matters into his own hands, he and a co-worker, Sherrie, put their jobs on the line.
This is supposed to be Lt. Walker's last flight as a Hurricane Hunter. Expecting a routine flight into a Cat One storm, the crew has to make life-altering decisions when their plane is disabled inside the storm.
Add a family on St. Simons trying to reconnect and escape, personal relationships that are crumbling and others which are just beginning, and you have a tumultuous mix of science, drama and intrigue.
Don't plan on doing much once you get this book. You will want to read until you are finished.
I plan to get the other books by this author as soon as possible.
January 21, 2018
Hurricanes never hit the Georgia coast. But the Air Force Hurricane Force will fly through the hurricane in four different directions to assess the winds. Walker is the pilot, but his commander is along.
Meteorologist Obermeyer of The Weather Channel sees something different about Hurricane Janet approaching and wants to order evacuation of the Georgia islands, but his boss says not until the government issues the order.
Alan, Trish are staying on St. Simon’s Island. Alan makes all the decisions. But they awaken to fine their fifteen-year-old daughter missing and they set off to find her as the hurricane nears.
Meteorologist Obermeyer of The Weather Channel sees something different about Hurricane Janet approaching and wants to order evacuation of the Georgia islands, but his boss says not until the government issues the order.
Alan, Trish are staying on St. Simon’s Island. Alan makes all the decisions. But they awaken to fine their fifteen-year-old daughter missing and they set off to find her as the hurricane nears.
May 24, 2020
Exciting!
Lots and lots of full bore hurricane action in this book! My only critique is the author uses too many $100-words (sinusoidal, mephitic, etc.) when a crafty $20-word would do. I love words! And I have a decent vocabulary. I chose this book after reading Mr. Bernard's brilliant book, "When Heroes Flew". Highly recommend both books!!! For me, and after all reviews are merely personal opinions, the vocabulary of this book feels a bit forced and not quite as natural as Mr. Bernard's later efforts. I still loved it, though!
Lots and lots of full bore hurricane action in this book! My only critique is the author uses too many $100-words (sinusoidal, mephitic, etc.) when a crafty $20-word would do. I love words! And I have a decent vocabulary. I chose this book after reading Mr. Bernard's brilliant book, "When Heroes Flew". Highly recommend both books!!! For me, and after all reviews are merely personal opinions, the vocabulary of this book feels a bit forced and not quite as natural as Mr. Bernard's later efforts. I still loved it, though!
May 3, 2021
Riveting!
I could not put this down. I've been through several hurricanes in both Florida and Texas. More than I can count actually. Managed to scramble away from a Cat 4 that cranked up and turned at the last hour. My husband and I recognized what was happening before the change was publicly announced. The info in the book is definitely for real. Since I live in Florida less than 10 miles from the Gulf, hurricanes are high interest for me. Hope to never see another one near me.
I could not put this down. I've been through several hurricanes in both Florida and Texas. More than I can count actually. Managed to scramble away from a Cat 4 that cranked up and turned at the last hour. My husband and I recognized what was happening before the change was publicly announced. The info in the book is definitely for real. Since I live in Florida less than 10 miles from the Gulf, hurricanes are high interest for me. Hope to never see another one near me.
April 12, 2019
This book was really exciting! The characters were well written, and the pacing made it hard to put down. This one would be a great vacation read for a fan of natural disaster adventures (though, maybe hold off if you're vacationing in a small island during hurricane season). There were a few places where the writing style felt a touch awkward in my opinion, which is why I can't give it 5 stars, but I thoroughly enjoyed this adventure, and will be sure to read more by this author in the future!
March 14, 2022
eyewall
I wanted to like this book more, but very early in the book, the sexist treatment of women disgusted me. One man called his wife a wench. There was stereotyping of female meteorologists, and in general, the women in the book were made to be sex symbols, not respected professional women.
The story was good, the weather info was good. Leave out the sexism, and it could have been a really good book.
I wanted to like this book more, but very early in the book, the sexist treatment of women disgusted me. One man called his wife a wench. There was stereotyping of female meteorologists, and in general, the women in the book were made to be sex symbols, not respected professional women.
The story was good, the weather info was good. Leave out the sexism, and it could have been a really good book.
November 10, 2017
Eyewall is a terrific book and one i am glad i had to read
Sometimes you get book that is exciting and has good people to like and dislike who drive the story forward. I loved the story nothing like a huge storm And a vulnerable airplane And crew. Lots of tension to see if they could survive now I can breathe a gain
Sometimes you get book that is exciting and has good people to like and dislike who drive the story forward. I loved the story nothing like a huge storm And a vulnerable airplane And crew. Lots of tension to see if they could survive now I can breathe a gain
October 18, 2019
Will read all books by this author
First book I read by this author and it was exceptional! I will read all his books now because his writing is full of tension, great characters, and the kind of book you just don't want to put down. The details he put in this book really make you feel what it's like in the plane, in the storm, and so on. Excellent book!!!
First book I read by this author and it was exceptional! I will read all his books now because his writing is full of tension, great characters, and the kind of book you just don't want to put down. The details he put in this book really make you feel what it's like in the plane, in the storm, and so on. Excellent book!!!
April 22, 2020
I started the book, but it didn't quickly catch my attention. Since it was during a trial of kindle unlimited that then ended, I got involved with another book and this fell by the wayside. It's an interesting premise and I think I would like to try to read it again sometime. I think a few more pages in and I would have been hooked, but Polar Vortex caught my attention and I read that instead.
March 10, 2019
This was an easy read. Not too taxing on the brain with minor character development. I would read other books just because it's light reading while I'm traveling. I'm not so involved that I can't put it down while I walk through the airport or train station.
July 27, 2019
Kindle clean up in full effect. I can’t even remember buying this and just happened to be on vacay near St. Simons when I tripped across this in my Kindle backlog. It’s a bit stilted in the character development dept but lots of interesting information on hurricanes. I learned a thing or two.
May 3, 2020
Very interesting account of what it is like to be in the cockpit of the hurricane recon plane. And it was also interesting to be exposed to the reasoning of the weather forecaster and the network tv station reporting on the hurricane.
December 24, 2018
This is a new author for me, I have never read anything by him but this grabbed me right from the start. I really enjoyed it.
January 21, 2019
Eyewall
This was an excellent book and I would highly recommend this book to any one who wants an excellent read.I look forward to reading more of this author's work.
This was an excellent book and I would highly recommend this book to any one who wants an excellent read.I look forward to reading more of this author's work.
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