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Erik Larson is so good at giving you a lot of minute detail but making it part of the excitement of the history and the personal story. When I finish this I will undoubtedly know more about what makes a hurricane than I had ever thought to know.
— Oct 08, 2026 08:29PM
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Appropriate timing? There is a hurricane headed our way today.
— Oct 10, 2026 06:31AM
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The hubris of man. I have just completed the first section on the building of the storm and Isaac Cline's mistaken confidence that Galveston could never be susceptible to a truly destructive hurricane (this despite the complete destruction of Indianola, a neighboring port town.)
I can see so many parallels to ourselves...always thinking we know everything.
— Oct 08, 2026 01:26PM
I can see so many parallels to ourselves...always thinking we know everything.