
What Stands in a Storm
Three Days in the Worst Superstorm to Hit the South's Tornado Alley
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Narrado por:
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Tracy Brunjes
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De:
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Kim Cross
April 27, 2011, marked the climax of a superstorm that saw a record 358 tornadoes rip through 21 states in 3 days, 7 hours, and 18 minutes. It was the deadliest day of the biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history, which saw 348 people killed, entire neighborhoods erased, and $11 billion in damage. But from the terrible destruction emerged everyday heroes, neighbors, and strangers who rescued each other from hell on earth.
With powerful emotion and gripping detail, Kim Cross weaves together the heart-wrenching stories of several characters - including three college students, a celebrity weatherman, and a team of hard-hit rescuers - to create a nail-biting chronicle in the Tornado Alley of America. No, it's not Oklahoma or Kansas; it's Alabama, where there are more tornado fatalities than anywhere in the US, where the trees and hills obscure the storms until they're bearing down upon you. For some it's a story of survival, and for others it's the story of their last hours.
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both heart breaking and heart warming
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Gripping and Unblinking
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Heartfelt and respectful
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True story of Tornado tragedy.
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wonderful
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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
For the content of the book yes, but due to the narration, no.As a native Birminghamian, and witness to the devastation of April 27th, I would recommend this book to both residents of Alabama and others across the nation. While most of us who live here already know many of these stories (or ones just like them), as well as are directly connected to people affected by this more greatly than ourselves, this was a fantastic depiction of our resilient state, our courageous people and the fine men and women who work tirelessly to aid others.
What did you like best about this story?
I enjoyed the honesty of this book. I respect the meticulous research and development that went into creating this story. It is a testament to the dedication of the author to the memory of those lost and the accuracy in which their stories deserved to be told.What didn’t you like about Tracy Brunjes’s performance?
As a native Alabamian, I found her narration particularly offensive. The choice to portray the voices of Alabamians with a fake, and often times mockish seeming Southern accent was an extremely poor judgement. Not all Alabamians even speak with that thick of an accent. It seemed more like she was making fun of the Southern people rather than trying to tell the story in our voices. This narration was very distasteful and overall ruined the enjoyment of the book for me. It is of my opinion that this book should be re-recorded with a different narrator, or to correct the parts where she speaks in an Alabamian character's "voice".There really isn't even enough room here to properly describe the feeling of anger I had while listening to the narration of this book when the narrator chose to speak in "accent". Degrading is the only word I can even find.
Extremely Offensive Narration
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A little too long. Sort of scattered.
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I particularly enjoyed the first part of the book- being a "weather weenie" I liked the meteorological insight into storm formation and the in-depth profile of James Spann.
Unfortunately, the narration of the story was not that great, as the reader mispronounced several words frequently (asphalt, Cantore, and most troubling of all, Bama!). I'm a Southerner and wasn't offended by the accent (I'm from Tennessee), but mispronouncing Bama in a book about Alabama is unforgivable.
A gripping, emotional story, poor narration
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(1) You'll read that some people were offended by the narrator's choice to imitate a southern accent at times. Some have gone so far as to call it "offensive". It wasn't - that's how people talk in that area of the country (45 years living in the South). It's a bit jarring because the soft accent that the narrator normally has makes the transition a bit jarring. She probably would have been better off not trying to do it but it's not that bad (and those who are hopping mad about it need to get over themselves). Her tender narration during the emotional after-effects of the storm are really well done and more than makes up for the Southern accent attempt.
(2) The author focused on certain people and places as would any good author. However, she descends into far too much Christian imagery and discussion the further you get in the book. By the last couple of chapters, you'd never know that anything was hit by the tornados beyond a couple of houses and many churches. She mentions numerous churches and interviews pastors and priests but rarely mentions any other buildings even being touched. You''ll never hear about the Piggly Wiggly being wiped off the face of the earth in Harvest or bank employees taking shelter in a vault. But she can take time to talk about this or that church being damaged. As such, the last couple of chapters seemed to dive unnecessarily into religion which was a puzzling choice..
(3) Furthermore, everyone she interviews is Caucasian as well. The exclusions and inclusions become very apparent as the book goes on to the point you start to wonder if there's some sort of agenda to paint the entire zone that was hit as white and Christian. You don't hear about any black churches or communities impacted. I'm not one for forced inclusion but the lack of diversity is again a bit puzzling.
Touching Story with Issues
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The narrator, Tracy Brunjes, absolutely destroyed this incredible piece of artistry. First of all, they should have chosen a male narrator since about 80% of the characters are male. Granted, some of the more main characters are female, but male narrators tend to do a better job narrating females than female narrators do with males on average. That is the smallest of my complaints.
This lady manages to turn every single character in this novel into a stereotypical caricature of a southern accent. People died in this book, and the grief that the friends and family felt is so strong and real. Instead of handling dialogue in a respectful way, the narrator manages to come up with the most offensive accents and overreactive vocal inflections I have ever heard in an audiobook. Every character sounds the same, like a hysterical generic southern woman screaming, and I almost quit the book several times over because of the narration. She had "narrator voice" and "dialogue voice" and even her narration was not particularly good.
This narrator has no business ever touching another non-fiction book. How no one stopped her before she had done the entire book and told her that this is not okay, I will never understand. I will never listen to another book narrated by Tracy Brunjes. If I could give zero stars for narration, I would.
Read, Don't Listen - Narrator Ruins Incredible Story
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