The Hurricane Hunters
Ivan Ray Tannehill
Read by David Wales
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 (9 hr 14 min)
Chapters
Monsters Of The World Of Storms | 37:07 | Read by David Wales |
The Saddler's Apprentice | 26:19 | Read by David Wales |
At The Bottom Of The Sea | 25:48 | Read by David Wales |
Storm Warnings | 28:45 | Read by David Wales |
Radio Helps -- Then Hinders | 31:11 | Read by David Wales |
The Eye Of The Hurricane | 30:28 | Read by David Wales |
First Flight Into The Vortex | 25:57 | Read by David Wales |
The Hammer And The Highway | 28:43 | Read by David Wales |
Wings Against The Whirling Blasts | 31:42 | Read by David Wales |
Kappler's Hurricane | 36:33 | Read by David Wales |
Tricks Of The Trade | 36:22 | Read by David Wales |
Trailing The Terrible Typhoon | 37:20 | Read by David Wales |
Guest On A Hairy Hop | 33:23 | Read by David Wales |
The Unexpected | 46:14 | Read by David Wales |
Fighting Hail And Hurricanes | 25:19 | Read by David Wales |
Carol, Edna, Hazel Or Saxby! | 25:19 | Read by David Wales |
The Gears And Guts Of The Giant | 46:11 | Read by David Wales |
Biographical Sketch Of The Author | 1:51 | Read by David Wales |