Citation
(2009), "Paths of Destruction: The Story of West Michigan’s Worst Natural Disaster, the Tornadoes of April 3, 1956", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 18 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm.2009.07318cae.010
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2009, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Paths of Destruction: The Story of West Michigan’s Worst Natural Disaster, the Tornadoes of April 3, 1956
Paths of Destruction: The Story of West Michigan’s Worst Natural Disaster, the Tornadoes of April 3, 1956
Article Type: Book reviews From: Disaster Prevention and Management, Volume 18, Issue 3
Tornadoes
Ernest J. Ostuno,Grand Rapids Historical Society,Grand Rapids, MI,www.grhistory.org2008,126 pp.,ISBN 978-0-9617706-3-1,$29.95 (soft cover)
A total of 18 people died in an F5 tornado – designating winds in excess of 200 mph – that hit Flint and western Michigan on April 3, 1956. This book, commemorating the event’s 50th anniversary in 2006, combines meteorological detail, newspaper accounts, and interviews with people who survived. A DVD covering the disaster is included.