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The Coming Storm
- Narrated by: Michael Lewis
- Length: 2 hrs and 27 mins
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Summary
Tornadoes, cyclones, tsunamis…Weather can be deadly—especially when it strikes without warning. Millions of Americans could soon find themselves at the mercy of violent weather if the public data behind lifesaving storm alerts gets privatized for personal gain. In his first Audible Original, New York Times best-selling author and journalist Michael Lewis delivers hard-hitting research on not-so-random weather data—and how Washington plans to release it. He also digs deep into the lives of two scientists who revolutionized climate predictions, bringing warning systems to previously unimaginable levels of accuracy. One is Kathy Sullivan, a gifted scientist among the first women in space; the other, D.J. Patil, is a trickster-turned-mathematician and a political adviser. Most urgently, Lewis’s narrative reveals the potential cost of putting a price tag on information that could save lives. Please note The Fifth Risk includes the entirety of The Coming Storm.
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- CJ
- 02-10-18
Another great offering by Michael Lewis
This is a great listen overall. The only negative is that the conclusion is not quite as strong as the rest of the book.
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- Mike Harris
- 04-09-18
excellent short recent history and well read
always been a fan of Michael Lewis's work and this short only adds to that
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- Judy Corstjens
- 20-10-18
It's about the weather
I ordered this book on the basis that if Michael Lewis writes something, then I'll read it. I thought it was going to be about global warming, but actually it is about typhoons - i.e. whirl-winds. It was quite interesting, and written with verve and colour, but it was a bit of a surprise as it didn't really seem to lead anywhere.
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- Ed B
- 09-07-24
Great!
Just a great book that discusses a subject almost nobody might accidentally come across otherwise.
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- Simon
- 01-08-18
Tornadoes, Big Data and Trump bashing!
Martin Lewis is a voice I've thought worth listening to ever since the highly revealing Flash Boys passed between my ears. This one is short but packs in a very decent amount of information and of course opinion. Lewis covers the devastating impact that tornadoes in particular can have and touches on the psychology of why people ignore warnings and weather forecasts despite their dramatic improvements in usefulness over recent years.
Set against the awesome power of nature of course are the weathermen and he concentrates on two scientists in particular. The role that big data plays in the science of weather prediction becomes very clear but so does the damage that can be done by its misuse. Over-hyped forecasts that erode public trust in meteorologists, the commercial use of data whereby only paying customers get storm warnings and of course the Trump administration all come in for a Lewis-fuelled bashing.
I think it's well worth listening to. There is a level of political bias here (though most felt well deserved!) but the issues are important. How the data is used, the importance of public ownership of it and how government policy could send us backwards are all well worth exploring.
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- ReviewBear
- 20-09-21
There’s seldom a bad short book
In a short format the author tells about the invaluable amount of data that the federal government collects and made available to the public before the Trump administration restricted access to it so that their associates could profit from it through their private companies
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- dsarin
- 14-08-18
Excellent book
This is a must-read book. The fact that it is Audible only is a crime.
Forecasting, corruption, tornadoes, astronauts.Yes, it is that cool.
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- Barry Hawkins
- 19-06-22
Trump and Myers were some kinda bad huh
Briliant, loved it. Chilling, but it seems we're back on the right track now.
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- Charlie
- 03-06-19
Extracted from the Fifth Risk
Stay away if you already have the Fifth Risk, or else you will be ripped off. This is just chapters taken from the Fifth Risk.
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- J. M. Poulain
- 22-11-21
An extract of Fifth Risk
Whilst the information and stories inside are interesting it is two chapters from his book Fifth Risk that goes into more detail on a lot of areas that The Coming Storm only touched on.
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