Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-04-21
IVAN r.. TANNEHILL WRITES
BOOK ON HURRICANES

| BOOK ON HURRICANES
Mr.. Ivan Ray Tannehill of Wash
ington, D. c., has written book or
"Hurricanes-their Nature and His
| tory The book which contain:
257 pages, is illustrated with IL
/ photographs and charts. The author
| is son of Mr.. j. B. Tannehill, for
mer editor of the Morgan County
Democrat. He is a graduate of the
McConnelsville high school, and ol
Denison University. When boy
Mr.. Tannehill has been connected
with the U. S. weather bureau for
some years, and is now chief of its
Marine Division, and is recognized
outstanding authority Mr.. Tame
hills new book is put out by the
Princeton University Press of
Princeton, N. J. From the an
nouncement of the book, is taken
the following:
clearly, fully, and authoritatively
canes have been known in the past,
and what can be done about them.
This is the only book in any Ian.
guage which deals in a broad and
comprehensive manner with the
storm phenomena Of the West In
dies, and gives a complete record of
the great hurricanes of history.
World wide statistics of hurricane
winds, barometric depressions,
tides, storm waves and foundations
are treated separately and explained
so that the reader will understand
them and realize how a combina-
ton of these forces may cause dis
aster.
This is no compilation of theories
and guesswork, but hard common
sense, written by one who has a
background of personal experience
with the drama of the great hurri-
cane-its furious winds, mountain
GUS seas and overwhelming tides
approaching our coasts, with warn
lngs flying, weather men working
long hours over charts, the Red
Cross mobilizing it's forces, the re-
treat of inhabitants from low
coastal sections-all the shock of
nature in one of it's most violent
moods, leaving death and destruc-
tion in it's wake. A complete expo
sition of the origins, movements
hurricane is included. The book
thus explains the signs of the hur-
ricanes approach, it's destructive
forces and the precautionary meas.
ures for mariners and landsmen. !
1t also includes history Of all the !
known hurricanes of the West In
dies and the southern coasts of the |
United States from the time of CO.
lumbus down to 1887, with numer-
ous chart tracks and other illustra-
lions. The author has had many |
years of experience in the hurricane !
service both in the field |
md at the Washington bureau. He
presents, in untechnical and un-
pedantic language, all that is worth
while of the worlds past and pres
snt knowledge of hurricanes His
special purpose is to place in the
lands of any person who may ex-
Derience hurricane on land or sea
he facts that will enable him to re-
luce or eliminate losses OF life and
This is no book of mere
passing interest. When the reader
las finished it he can place it on his |
shelf confident that he can refer to
t for any information when his in
,erest in the subject is revived by
newspaper accounts of a fresh Wis
tation in the coastal sections Of
his country or the neighboring is
ands.
Hurricanes is written from the
viewpoint of the historian Present
lay knowledge of the hurricane is
raced from the time man first
earned that hurricane is whirl
wind. The story is built bit by bit
Is instruments Were evolved and
mans knowledge grew with the
'assing of time. The signs of the
approaching hurricane, it's destruc-
i've effects are discussed: average
nd unusual movements are an
llyzed; the problem of recording
,.,.i do, ,r toI hi
history and chronology of West In
Ian hurricanes and storms of our
outhern coasts contain more au-
hentic individual records than have
yer before been complied Much
lew material is presented and the
'ook is written from fresh view
'oint. The Chapters on the storm
vave, sea swells and other pre-
ursory signs, the frequency of hur-
icanes and their destructive effects
specially, reveal new facts concern
# the hurricane as a factor in the
making of history has been given
generous space and has been pleas
ntly interspersed with the practical
spects of the material. This is a
'ook purpOsely designed for the
.enera4 reader, but one which con-
aims data making it indispensable
0 the professional meteorologist
nd an essential part of the library
# every person who makes career
# navigating the ocean or the air
ver the ocean. 1t will be particu-
arly valuable for the mariner, res
dents of regions subject to hurri-
ane activities, marine insurance
ocean travellers, summer
-isitors in gulf and south Atlantic
tates, to owners and operators of
ii types of vessels, dry docks,
vharves and amusement piers, to
.shermen tourists on coastal high
Ways, in fact, to anyone engaged in
of any kind in hurricane