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The Hurricane Hunters

by Ivan Ray TANNEHILL (1890 - 1959)

Wings Against The Whirling Blasts

This 1955 book by an acknowledged authority is an absorbing account of meteorology before the advent of weather satellites. “This is the lively account of the hair-raising experiences of the men who have probed by sea and air into the inner mysteries of the world’s most terrible storms…. Here is the first intimate revelation of what the human eye and the most modern radars see in the violent regions of the tropical vortex. The descriptions of the activities of these valiant scouts of the storms are taken from personal interviews with military flyers and weathermen who have risked their lives in the furious blasts in all parts of the hurricane. The author has made a special study of hurricanes for over forty years. He has served with the Weather Bureau as chief of the marine division, chief of all forecasting and reporting and assistant chief of the Bureau, in charge of its technical operations.” - Summary by Advertisement in the book and David Wales

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Listen next episodes of The Hurricane Hunters:
Biographical Sketch Of The Author , Carol, Edna, Hazel Or Saxby! , Fighting Hail And Hurricanes , Guest On A Hairy Hop , Kappler's Hurricane , The Gears And Guts Of The Giant , The Unexpected , Trailing The Terrible Typhoon , Tricks Of The Trade