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Although the book is rather accurate about the facts leading up to the storm, what is left to be considered is the characters in relations to each other, and how it had affected how the storm went about. Had Isaac been able to save as was reported, and “despite his failing as a scientist it is Isaac rather than his brother who has gone down in Galveston-area legend as the Paul Revere who warned residents to leave before the hurricane raged into town (Offman). Because in the book it showed that it was his joseph, Isaac’s brother, who was the one keen on evacuating the town, whereas Isaac trusted his scientific abilities and insisted on staying. Both scientists tried to find the most logical answer with the knowledge they were given. Fincher defends Isaac’s role in the hurricane: “I think he studied everything he could. He was going by the knowledge that they had with them in the bureau.” The Galveston hurricane shows that humans and technology has its limitations.
The book gives a lot of insight to the truth of what had happened through journals, diaries, newscasts from the time it had happened. But the story also was made from fabrications that the people of the time decided to want to believe. And as Joshuadw88 states that “So though this was a historical novel where it is possible some facts can be twisted around in the name of entertainment, the book presented a real history (Trying to Reflect Reality). Our history is created through facts, how people experience going through events, how they present their perspective, and how people will take all of the to account and create something, that may be subjective, but a true interpretation of the past.