WILLIE DRYE, Our Hurricane Expert (8-22-24)

WILLIE DRYE, an author and our resident hurricane expert, joined us to our current 2024 hurricane season. FROM HIS AMAZON PAGE: ​"Drye is a contributing editor for National Geographic News and has written about hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis and dozens of other topics. His stories about Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Gustav and Hurricane Ike set page-view records at NG News. His work also has been published in the Washington Post, Toronto Globe and Mail, and other regional and national publications. ​​Drye's first book, Storm of the Century: The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, was praised by Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, and others, and is regarded by many meteorologists as the definitive book about this tragic and fascinating event. The book was made into a documentary film by the History Channel titled "Nature's Fury: Storm of the Century." www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001KHCQ3Q/about?ingress=0&visitId=3cde7536-883c-4fe0-950a-3a0c9468367b&store_ref=ap_rdr&ref_=ap_rdr