The Great Bahamian Hurricanes of 1926

The Story of Three of the Greatest Hurricanes to Ever Affect the Bahamas

by Wayne Neely


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Book Details

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Publication Date : 11/16/2009

Format : E-Book
Dimensions : N/A
Page Count : 264
ISBN : 9781440151767
Format : Hardcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 264
ISBN : 9781440151750
Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 264
ISBN : 9781440151743

About the Book

Every year, hurricanes seem to be increasingly severe and unpredictable, ensuring that they remain one of the most frequent topics of conversation in our everyday lives. The Great Bahamian Hurricanes of 1926 provides the perfect introduction to the complexities and dynamics of hurricanes. It focuses on how they develop, what causes them to be so powerful, the history behind them and how hurricanes affect us all.

Wayne Neely tells the story of three of the worst natural catastrophes in the history of the Bahamas. However, this is not just the story of three big storms, but also of the many Bahamians who had to endure them. The individual stories of heroism and cowardice; tragedy and redemption vividly bring these storms to life. Each hurricane season brings with it a reminder that we are constantly subject to natural occurrences over which we have no control.

Through unique historical photographs of actual damages from these three storms, this book shows the widespread devastation that these storms inflicted on the Bahamas. Drawing upon many newspaper accounts, ship reports and Family Island Commissioners reports from throughout the Bahamas, the author provides a fascinating glimpse of these hurricanes as they devastated the Bahamas.


About the Author

Wayne Neely is an international speaker, best-selling author, lecturer on hurricanes, and Meteorologist. Traveling extensively throughout the region and the world, Wayne addresses critical issues affecting all aspects of hurricanes, especially Bahamian hurricanes which are one of his central areas of expertise. The central themes of his books are always on hurricanes in general and the impact of hurricanes on all aspects of mankind’s ever expanding society. He has a great passion for writing and does it in his spare time. Wayne Neely is a certified Meteorologist working at the Department of Meteorology in Nassau, Bahamas for the last 20 years-prior to that he majored in Geography and History at the College of the Bahamas in Nassau. He then attended the Caribbean Meteorological Institute in Barbados where he majored and specialized in weather forecasting. His love for hurricanes and the weather came about while growing up on the island of Andros where he experienced his first hurricane in 1979 and listened quite regularly to his parents, grand parents and other older residents within the community talking about a major hurricane which occurred in 1929 and devastated the Bahamas. That piqued his interest in hurricanes and got him started on writing his first book called ‘The Great Bahamas Hurricane of 1929.’ He then went onto write his second book called ‘The Major Hurricanes to Affect the Bahamas’ followed by his third book ‘Rediscovering Hurricanes’ (Foreword by Herbert Saffir) and his fourth book ‘The Great Bahamian Hurricanes of 1926’(Foreword by Bryan Norcross) and now this is his fifth book on hurricanes and the rest is history. Over the years, Wayne has written several articles on hurricanes and other severe weather events for some of the major local and international newspapers and magazines. He has regularly contributed and wrote the hurricane supplements for both The Nassau Guardian and The Tribune. He speaks quite regularly to schools, colleges, universities and frequently does radio and television interviews both locally and abroad about the history and impact of Bahamian and Caribbean hurricanes and hurricanes in general.