Hurricane Sandy was not just enormous, it was unprecedented. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration couldn't issue reliable warnings; the Coast Guard didn't know what to do. Superstorm takes readers inside the maelstrom, from dedicated weather professionals like a forecaster who risked his job to sound the alarm, to the crew of the ill-fated Bounty, Mayor Bloomberg, Governor Christie, and countless coastal residents whose lives were torn apart.--
I've written before about how hurricane forecasters have discovered that they don't always communicate the dangers of tropical systems to the public. Miles' "Superstorm" details those communications mishaps during the forecast cycle from Superstorm Sandy's genesis in 2012 through its devastating landfall in New Jersey. Read my AP review here: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/1b2efe32e6734449b292e43500ea2ae3/superstorm-crafts-narrative-sandys-wrath#
