Drawing An Audience

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I think Offman attacking the accuracy of Larson’s Isaac’s Storm is not really warranted. While Larson did a lot of research and cited many sources it is clear to most reader’s that he took some liberties with his characters and the details to create an exciting read. The book was based on a true story and included some truths but Larson’s style drew and larger audience not just historians or scholars. Armando35 talks about the city of Galveston being so reliant on Isaac’s ability to read the weather when there was not the technology to do so at the time.http://More than just a storm  This was pointed out by the meteorologist Lew Fincher in the article as why he didn’t feel Isaac should be made to be a scapegoat. I personally did not feel that Larson was making Isaac out to be the scapegoat. I felt Larson made it fairly clear that the weather bureau kept his hands tied when it came to declaring a hurricane. I also don’t have a problem with Larson’s interpretation of journals and evidence in the book due to necessity to create drama and an interesting plot for the type of book he was writing. The issue of whether the hurricane was class 4 or 5 is ridiculous in my view, the point is a city was wiped out and thousands of people died. I understand that everything published on certain events is going to receive critique, but I don’t feel that Larson intended to right an exact account of events as much as he wanted to make his reader feel the gravity of the moment.