Storm Surge (33 page)

THE END

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Many thanks
to:

Professor
Orrin
Pilkey
of Duke University, for information
about hurricanes and islands;

LTCMDR
Daniel
Molthen
of the U.S. Coast
Guard for information about SAR and for not even missing a beat when I told him
what I was intending to do to one of his helicopters.

For
sharing true hurricane experiences: Stacy
Alesi
;
Keith Cronin; Howie Modell; Robert Lambert; Sarah
Pomeranz
Layne; Thomas O’Callaghan; Pat
Mullan
;

Thanks
to the Honorable Companions, Kristy Kiernan and Tasha Alexander, for talking me
down off the ledge, not once, but several times. Thanks also to Kristy for line
editing above and beyond the normal call of duty for a first reader. You rule,
K.

First
readers also included CJ Carpenter, and of course my wife Lynn.

Cover
ably designed by the brilliant
Jeroen
ten Berge.