Review: Stormchasers: The Hurricane Hunters and Their Fateful Flight into Hurricane Janet by David Toomey

Title: Stormchasers: The Hurricane Hunters and Their Fateful Flight into Hurricane Janet
Author: David Toomey
Publisher: W. W. Norton Company
Publication Date: June 17, 2003
Edition: ebook: (320 pages)
Genres:

• Nonfiction
• Adventure
• Biography
• History

Stormchasers: The Hurricane Hunters and Their Fateful Flight into Hurricane Janet by David Toomey

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Hurricanes, their causes and how to predict them, has been a fascination for centuries. This book alternates between the development of hurricane prediction and meteorology as a science, and the flight of hurricane hunters who flew into the eye of Hurricane Janet in September, 1955, and never returned.

I found this book fascinating, educational and an all around great read. The explanation of hurricane formation was especially informative and timely, since we are experiencing several hurricanes this year.