The Perfect Storm

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Summary: Like to learn when you read?
Review: You'll learn about the swordfishing business, meteorology, oceanography--and the science of drowning. I read the book in one sitting--a long sitting. (Perfect for a rainy day).

Yes, the author makes his own story of the happenings on the Andrea Gale but it made sense to me. The author's story rendition brought to life what must be one of the most frightening things to experience and to not live to talk about.

The only thing that bothered me is that the author was able to go to press with some glaring errors in the book--especially one page near the end where he either misnames a nuclear plant (it should be the Seabrooke plant) or mislocates the one he names (Pilgrim is in Plymouth, MA) and misspells "Scituate, MA." Also, some of his sentences don't agree in verb tense... and sometimes his pronoun uses maddeningly doesn't match the antecedent...and once the punctuation was wrong!...but you can tell I'm a nerd...

Read it! It's good for you!

Rating:
Summary: A Great Read
Review: In The Perfect Storm, Sebastian Junger delivers a vivid and gripping tale of man versus nature. In a swift journalistic style, he tells the story of a freak monstrous storm and the people who found themselves in its grips on the sea.

In October 1991, three separate weather systems (an Arctic front, a low pressure system hurling eastward from the Great Lakes, and a powerful hurricane off the east coast) collided in the Atlantic Ocean. Unsuspecting crews on fishing boats, commercial vessels and pleasure craft found themselves in a vortex of exploding winds, torrential rains and towering waves.

Junger describes their plight and their struggles to survive what meteorologists called "the perfect storm." He also details the various rescue attempts by the Coast Guard and Air National Guard. But The Perfect Storm is not merely an action-packed page-turner. It's also an intimate and moving tale of life, love, loss and survival that will make you wish this were just a movie.