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I had no idea what to expect from Issac’s Storm, I knew it was going to be more of a narrative as opposed to some other works we have read so that may have misled me into thinking it was going to be more fictitious but in reality its more factual with some narrative to help give the story some order. I think this type of historical writing is more appealing to readers because its more personal than a work that is purely factual and has no story telling to it. With this being said, works like this are more enticing to readers who may not be history majors but may be interested in learning more about the history of Galveston or the history of meteorology. I’ve rarely heard of historical writing of this style but I think it is an effective teaching tool because it allows you to learn facts, like how many people died or the number of buildings were destroyed, learn a small history on the study of meteorology( which i believe was helpful in understanding why Galveston suffered the fate it did), but it also gives some insight as to how the people reacted to the situation. As @slee72897 said in a previous post, “it was truly interesting to see how different people can react to the same event”. In the case of the hurricane there was an example when a wife named Louisa Rollfing realized how dangerous the storm was becoming and decided to suggest to her husband August that they should evacuate. August’s response was, “She was being such a woman. What was there to be afraid of? This was nothing special. Some wind,some water (Larson 153).” Whether August was being condescending because he really thought his wife was being irrational, or because he himself was really that stupid; I was surprised that any one who saw the city flooded past normal lines in addition to the mass evacuations could just think it was “nothing special”.