
What Stands in a Storm
Three Days in the Worst Superstorm to Hit the South's Tornado Alley
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Narrated by:
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Tracy Brunjes
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By:
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Kim Cross
April 27, 2011, marked the climax of a superstorm that saw a record 358 tornadoes rip through 21 states in 3 days, 7 hours, and 18 minutes. It was the deadliest day of the biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history, which saw 348 people killed, entire neighborhoods erased, and $11 billion in damage. But from the terrible destruction emerged everyday heroes, neighbors, and strangers who rescued each other from hell on earth.
With powerful emotion and gripping detail, Kim Cross weaves together the heart-wrenching stories of several characters - including three college students, a celebrity weatherman, and a team of hard-hit rescuers - to create a nail-biting chronicle in the Tornado Alley of America. No, it's not Oklahoma or Kansas; it's Alabama, where there are more tornado fatalities than anywhere in the US, where the trees and hills obscure the storms until they're bearing down upon you. For some it's a story of survival, and for others it's the story of their last hours.
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both heart breaking and heart warming
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Gripping and Unblinking
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Heartfelt and respectful
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True story of Tornado tragedy.
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wonderful
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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
For the content of the book yes, but due to the narration, no.As a native Birminghamian, and witness to the devastation of April 27th, I would recommend this book to both residents of Alabama and others across the nation. While most of us who live here already know many of these stories (or ones just like them), as well as are directly connected to people affected by this more greatly than ourselves, this was a fantastic depiction of our resilient state, our courageous people and the fine men and women who work tirelessly to aid others.
What did you like best about this story?
I enjoyed the honesty of this book. I respect the meticulous research and development that went into creating this story. It is a testament to the dedication of the author to the memory of those lost and the accuracy in which their stories deserved to be told.What didn’t you like about Tracy Brunjes’s performance?
As a native Alabamian, I found her narration particularly offensive. The choice to portray the voices of Alabamians with a fake, and often times mockish seeming Southern accent was an extremely poor judgement. Not all Alabamians even speak with that thick of an accent. It seemed more like she was making fun of the Southern people rather than trying to tell the story in our voices. This narration was very distasteful and overall ruined the enjoyment of the book for me. It is of my opinion that this book should be re-recorded with a different narrator, or to correct the parts where she speaks in an Alabamian character's "voice".There really isn't even enough room here to properly describe the feeling of anger I had while listening to the narration of this book when the narrator chose to speak in "accent". Degrading is the only word I can even find.
Extremely Offensive Narration
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A little too long. Sort of scattered.
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BUT. The narrator, Tracy Brunjes, does a disgraceful and disrespectful narration of the lives and stories lost and touched by this natural disaster. Faked southern accents will make you cringe. She also makes errors or stumbles when reading. It could have been fixed by a re-recording of those instances.
I beg Audible to have this re-read and uploaded to honor the victims and Kim's writing.
Incredibly written. Disgracefully narrated.
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Personal accounts
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A hopeful look at a terrible disaster
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