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La Tempête d'Isaac

Erik Larson

This reading material gives a brief overview of the 1900 Galveston hurricane and the themes of Erik Larson’s Isaac’s Storm. It explores the disaster’s lasting place in U.S. history, the vulnerability of coastal communities and the limits of weather prediction. It considers lessons for forecasting, building safety, emergency response and government coordination of relief. The account invites reflection on nature’s unpredictability and human vulnerability, and on the relationship between human ambition and natural forces.

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ouragan / uʁaɡɑ̃ /noun

a tropical cyclone with high winds

L'effroyable ouragan de 1900 à Galveston.

The terrifying hurricane of 1900 in Galveston.

tempêtecyclonetyphoncatastrophe naturelle

météorologue / me.te.ɔ.ʁɔ.lɔɡ /noun

meteorologist

Météorologue de son époque, Cline possédait une foi inébranlable.

Meteorologist of his era, Cline possessed an unwavering faith.

prévisionnistemétéoclimatologue

dresse / dʁɛs /verb

to stand up or rise prominently

Un événement se dresse comme un témoignage glaçant de la nature.

An event stands as a chilling testament to nature.

se tenir debouts'éleverse hausser

croyance / kʁwa.jɑ̃s /noun

a belief or acceptance that something is true

Cline possédait une foi inébranlable, une croyance mise à l'épreuve.

Cline possessed an unshakeable faith, a belief put to the test.

la foila convictionla certitudecroire

possédait / pɔsɛdɛ /verb

to have or possess

Cline possédait une foi inébranlable en la prédictibilité de la météo.

Cline had an unwavering faith in the predictability of the weather.

avoirdétenirdisposer de

témoignage / te mwa ɲaʒ /noun

a clear indication or proof of something

Un événement se dresse comme un témoignage glaçant de la férocité de la nature.

An event stands as a chilling testimony to the ferocity of nature.

preuvemarquesigneattestation

xXe / viŋtjɛm /adjective

twentieth

Nous sommes transportés dans le temps jusqu'au tournant du XXe siècle.

We are transported back in time to the turn of the 20th century.

le tournant du siècle

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