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While he put the basic history in the book, he made sure you understood how young meteorology was at the time and the difficulty of getting people to understand the predicting of various types of dangerous weather. Never goin back by al roker audiobook listen online. In his book, never goin back, popular tv weatherman al roker does tell his life story, but does so in light of his weight. Winning the weight loss battle for good, published in 20. In roker s wellwritten account, we are drawn into the lives. Books by al roker author of the storm of the century.
Aug 11, 2015 although theres no shortage of drama, a new book from the weather channels al roker about the 1900 galveston hurricane tells a story that was all too real. Al roker wades into hurricane with new book entertainment. Roker wrote about his battle with weight loss in never goin back. Al roker s the storm of the century, however, brings some important new energy, details and meteorological insights to this retelling.
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She said later it was the worst disaster shed ever seen. In this gripping narrative history, al roker from nbcs today and the weather channel vividly examines the deadliest natural disaster in american historya haunting and inspiring tale of tragedy, heroism, and resilience that is full of lessons for todays new age of extreme weather on the afternoon of september 8, 1900, twohundredmileperhour winds and fifteenfoot waves slammed. And then they go right back to their phone, you know. The nbc weatherman has written an account of the 1900 hurricane in galveston, texas.
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