Florida's Hurricane History
- ISBN-10
- 0807847488
- ISBN-13
- 9780807847480
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 344
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Author
- Jay Barnes
Description
Focuses on the history and impact of over one hundred storms in Florida, and discusses the meteorology of hurricanes, the advancement of tracking and forecasting, and the practice of naming individual storms.
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