num_pages: 368
description: The first complete moment-by-moment account of the largest Atlantic storm system ever recordeda hurricane like no otherThe sky was lit by a full moon on October 29 2012 but nobody on the eastern seaboard of the United States could see it. Everything had been consumed by cloud. The storms immensity caught the attention of scientists on the International Space Station. Even from there it seemed almost 1.8 million square feet of tightly coiled bands so huge they filled the windows of the Station. It was the largest storm anyone had ever seen.Initially a tropical storm Sandy had grown into a hybrid monster. It charged across open ocean picking up strength with every step baffling meteorologists and scientists officials and emergency managers even the traditional maritime wisdom of sailors and What exactly was this thing? By the time anyone decided it was too late.And then the storm made landfall.Sandy was not just enormous it was also unprecedented. As a result the entire nation was left flat-footed. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration couldnt issue reliable warnings; the Coast Guard didnt know what to do. In Superstorm  journalist Kathryn Miles takes readers inside the maelstrom detailing the stories of dedicated professionals at the National Hurricane Center and National Weather Service. The characters include a forecaster who risked his job to sound the alarm in New Jersey the crew of the ill-fated tall ship Bounty  Mayor Bloomberg Governor Christie and countless coastal residents whose homesand liveswere torn apart and then left to wonder . . . When is the next superstorm coming?
language: English
title: Superstorm: Nine Days Inside Hurricane Sandy
publisher: Dutton