Storms, Floods, and Sunshine Isaac Monroe Cline An Autobiography With a Summary of Tropical Hurricanes

In the Galveston hurricane of 1900-the mostfatal natural disaster in U. S. history-more than 6,000 souls perished. Yetthat number would have nearly doubled, had it not been for the warnings of Dr.Isaac Monroe Cline, who began his own life in the most modest of surroundings .. . but with the grandest of dreams.Although he grew up on a farm in Tennessee, all Cline ever wanted to do wasstudy the forces of nature. To that end, he even obtained a medical degreesolely so he could study the effect of weather on human health. He later joinedthe newly formed weather service and, fatefully, was stationed at Galvestonwhen the great hurricane struck.He was subsequently posted to New Orleans to cure the wildly inaccurateweather forecasts that had become an embarrassment to the service. While therehe gathered and restored early American portraits as a hobby, and Cline'scollection helped form the nucleus of the National Portrait Gallery. Yet theman the Associated Press called the smiling, genial climatologicalgenius never deviated from his lifelong goal to study the weather. Onehundred years after the Galveston hurricane, Isaac Monroe Cline is revered as atrue pioneer in his field.Cline, Isaac Monroe is the author of 'Storms, Floods, and Sunshine Isaac Monroe Cline An Autobiography With a Summary of Tropical Hurricanes', published 1999 under ISBN 9781565547667 and ISBN 1565547667.