The 1953 Essex Flood Disaster

Author : Patricia Rennoldson Smith
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752494589
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 1953 Essex Flood Disaster written by Patricia Rennoldson Smith and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a stormy evening in January 1953, Peggy Morgan kissed her five-year-old son goodnight, blissfully unaware of the impending catastrophe. Before sunrise the next morning the North Sea had destroyed her home and Peggy was a childless widow.There had been no prediction, no warning. Men, women and children lost their lives in Essex on that fateful night and the lives of survivors were changed forever. The lucky ones awoke when ice-cold seawater burst through their doors and windows. Those not so lucky slept on towards death.This book captures, in the words of the survivors, the essence of life in the low-lying coastal areas before the disaster. Those who lived tell how, with dogged determination, they prevailed against unimaginable adversity: their stories of courage and fortitude are told simply and without self pity. And for the first time those who died have their story told.Illustrated with many previously unpublished photographs, the awe-inspiring and heartrending stories of survivors and victims of the 1953 Essex floods are told here for the first time.

Author : Patricia Rennoldson Smith
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752494589
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The 1953 Essex Flood Disaster written by Patricia Rennoldson Smith and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a stormy evening in January 1953, Peggy Morgan kissed her five-year-old son goodnight, blissfully unaware of the impending catastrophe. Before sunrise the next morning the North Sea had destroyed her home and Peggy was a childless widow. There had been no prediction, no warning. Men, women and children lost their lives in Essex on that fateful night and the lives of survivors were changed forever. The lucky ones awoke when ice-cold seawater burst through their doors and windows. Those not so lucky slept on towards death. This book captures, in the words of the survivors, the essence of life in the low-lying coastal areas before the disaster. Those who lived tell how, with dogged determination, they prevailed against unimaginable adversity: their stories of courage and fortitude are told simply and without self pity. And for the first time those who died have their story told. Illustrated with many previously unpublished photographs, the awe-inspiring and heartrending stories of survivors and victims of the 1953 Essex floods are told here for the first time.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 922 pages
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Author : Edward Platt
Publisher : Picador
ISBN 13 : 9780330420280
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Flood written by Edward Platt and published by Picador. This book was released on 2020-06-25 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A journey that explores floods and flooding in all its forms: Platt investigates the ways in which water has shaped our landscape, our literature and our sense of ourselves.

Author : Padraig Kenny
Publisher : Chicken House
ISBN 13 : 1912626012
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Author : D. Lee Harris
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ISBN 13 :
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Author : Wilhelm Kirch
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540288627
Total Pages : 319 pages
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Download or read book Extreme Weather Events and Public Health Responses written by Wilhelm Kirch and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-01-16 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2004, the WHO Regional Office for Europe and the European Environment Agency organized a meeting to exchange information and develop recommendations on public health and environmental responses to weather and climate extremes. This book reflects a collection of case studies and experiences of experts, ministries and international organizations.

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ISBN 13 : 9780971759220
Total Pages : 139 pages
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Author : Hubert Lamb
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521375221
Total Pages : 238 pages
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Download or read book Historic Storms of the North Sea, British Isles and Northwest Europe written by Hubert Lamb and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1991-06-13 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a historical study of great wind storms over the last 500-600 years, with meteorological maps and wind measurements.

Author : James Runcie
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1408833611
Total Pages : 322 pages
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