Follow the Storm

FOLLOW THE STORM, a personal account of mass suicides in Guyana at "Jonestown" in 1978, the 1978-1979 civil war in Nicaragua, the 1982 civil wars in El Salvador & Beirut, the volcanic eruption of El Chichonal in Mexico in 1982, & the invasion of the Falkland Islands that same year, is based upon daily journals kept by the author when he was a radio & television correspondent for CBS News. David Dick's close encounters with death on numerous occasions during his 19-year career with CBS News are described in graphic detail. The author won an Emmy for his coverage of the shooting of Governor George C. Wallace in 1972. FOLLOW THE STORM includes coverage of earthquakes, hurricanes & tornadoes. David Dick writes only about the events he has actually witnessed, & he gives a moving, nonfictional account of his relationship with the victims of disaster, the global impact of the folly & frailty of man & the bravery of the messengers willing to place their lives on the line in order to bring the "big story" home to the reader & the viewer. FOLLOW THE STORM chronicles the successes & the failures of network television news against the background of tragic consequences.Dick, David B. is the author of 'Follow the Storm', published 2002 under ISBN 9780963288691 and ISBN 0963288695.