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Fatal Forecast: An Incredible True Story of Courage in a Savage Storm
By TOUGIAS, Michael J.
- ISBN
- 9780316556217
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Christy Ottaviano
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Reviewed on August 1, 2024 | Middle To High School
Gr 5 Up—On a Friday in November 1980, two commercial fishing boats were working around Georges Bank, a rich shoal about 100 miles off Cape Cod. In part due to two damaged weather buoys, none of the fishermen expected the wild storm that whipped up overnight, with 70-foot waves and winds gusting over 80 miles per hour. One wave caused the Fair Wind, a 50-foot lobster boat, to pitchpole, trapping crewman Eddie Hazard inside the flooded pilot house. Hazard was able to swim clear of the doomed boa...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
