Monograph Analysis of Isaac’s Storm. History Essay.

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Monograph Analysis of Isaac’s Storm
Introduction
           Isaac’s Storm is a book written by
Erik Larson, where he describes in detail events that transpired to the mother of all hurricanes that occurred in Galveston on 8th September 1900. Larson’s the main aim for writing this book can be said to have been to highlight major misses that led to the occurrence of the Galveston hurricane and how rectification of the decisions increases preparedness in minimizing the amount of the havoc caused by such disasters. Erik Larson, therefore, does succeed in driving his points home to the readers Larson’s arguments in the book imply that lack of enough information about storms and poor decisions made by Willies Moore, director of Weather Services (WSW.S.) in Washington DCD.C. led to the massive loss of lives in the Galveston hurricane.
Discussion
   According to the arguments presented by Larson in his book, it is evident that lack of enough information about the storm is the central issue that kept a blind eye on relevant personnel from determining the feasibility of the Galveston hurricane. For instance, the author claims that Isaac failed to realize that the sinking of the barometer, they used until a day before the hurricane was a sign of a stronger storm (Larson, 27). On the other hand, Larson also argues that Willis, WS director in Washington DCD.C. was pre-occupied by his political ambition as
opposed to service delivery to his people, and that is why he was so reluctant to give the correct information to the public for fear of causing panic (Larson, 34). Instead, he misinformed the public, leaving them oblivious of the danger that was coming. This argument indicates that even though industrialization had taken the course in the USU.S., certainty in technological advancements was not yet strong and again the political participation started gaining ground
affirming the reason why Willis was more focused on politics.
    Throughout the book, Larson keeps writing about the science behind the hurricane and issues to do with meteorology. This maybe out of his quest to attain his aim of presenting his readers with more information about hurricane storms that the likes of Isaac and co didn’t have when the
the storm swept Galveston. This approach by Larson to spend more time on the the science behind the hurricane in his book seems to have worked well for him as it has not only to enable him to achieve his aim ...