"A scenario similar to the 1935 hurricane is one of my biggest fears as a forecaster today. This is a haunting and very possible scenario in coastal areas that have seen exponential growth since this monster. Willie Drye's book relives that 1935 horror and reminds us how breathtaking and unforgiving paradise can be." - Jim Cantore, The Weather Channel

"A big reward here is finding writing which at every turn is vivid and significant. This book places you atop a high roaring wave and will not let you down until the last page." - Clyde Edgerton, New York Times bestselling author and winner of five New York Times Notable Book of the Year awards

"This new release of Storm of the Century: The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 is as gripping as an adventure novel, and as important as any book about hurricanes on my bookshelf." - Bryan Norcross, Weather Channel meteorologist and now hurricane specialist for WPLG-TV in Miami

"Willie Drye's excellent and remarkably detailed book brings the reader directly into the eye of the storm, where he follows a host of dramatic stories for survival. The story and lessons of the 1935 hurricane are important to learn, since a warming climate promises to make such maximum-strength hurricanes more common at a time when the coastal population is surging.” - Jeff Masters, former meteorological director for The Weather Underground

“The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, the most intense hurricane ever to have struck the U.S., also served, as with most natural cataclysms, as a stage upon which human frailty and magnificence both played out. Its story is here wonderfully told by Willie Drye, a reporter with decades of experience and a real knack for exploring the human dimensions of a natural disaster.”- Kerry Emanuel, PhD, Professor of Atmospheric Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; member, National Academy of Sciences; member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; named one of the 100 most influential people by Time magazine in 2006

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