Can A Category Five Hurricane Actually Be Stopped? Author Envisions Potential Doomsday Scenario

Hurricane activity is on the rise in the United States. As we sit in the middle of the most devastating hurricane season in U.S. history, scientists try to predict and prepare for future weather trends. With more than 48 million people living within 50 miles of the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, many continue to watch nervously. Some researchers speculate that the increase in hurricane activity will continue for another two decades. Not only are hurricanes becoming more frequent, they are ominously getting stronger.

(PRWEB) October 1, 2005 -- Hurricane activity is on the rise in the United States. As we sit in the middle of the most devastating hurricane season in U.S. history, scientists try to predict and prepare for future weather trends. With more than 48 million people living within 50 miles of the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, many continue to watch nervously. Some researchers speculate that the increase in hurricane activity will continue for another two decades. Not only are hurricanes becoming more frequent, they are ominously getting stronger.

In fact, research shows that the number of violent Category Four and Five hurricanes has increased almost 80 percent in 2004 over the number in 1975. As the strength and number of hurricanes continue to increase, doomsday scenarios are being explored by government officials and by those in the media. What would happen if a storm more powerful than Katrina or Rita hit the United States?

Imagine a storm twice as powerful as Katrina," says Philip S. Donlay, author of Category Five (iBooks, 2005). Its not that it cant happen, it just hasnt happened yet." Ripped right out of the headlines, Donlays thriller envisions a monster storm threatening the United States mainland with winds of 300 miles per hour and waves rising to over 90 feet.    

With such a catastrophic storm approaching the U.S., the book asks a question that many hurricane victims have been wondering lately: Is there any way to actually stop a hurricane?

Everybody thinks about the weather, but no one does anything about it," says Donlay. Category Five imagines the lengths some people will go to stop a growing hurricane dead in its tracks.

Culled from Donlays years of piloting experience, the book follows an epic rescue as a crippled plane circles helplessly in the eye of the most powerful storm in recorded history. As a pilot with over thirty years of experience flying jets to over forty countries, Donlay takes you right into the cockpit of this troubled flight. I have flown through tropical storms before and, believe me, the last place you would want to be as a pilot is in a hurricane," say Donlay.

The tale weaves aviation, a deadly hurricane, compelling science, espionage, and romance together. Combining elements of The Perfect Storm and the Day After Tomorrow, Donlays debut novel has been favorably compared to Clive Cussler and early Tom Clancey. Released this Fall, Category Five is available nationwide.

For a review copy of the book or to set up an interview with Philip S. Donlay for a story, please contact Jay Wilke at 727-443-7115, ext. 223.

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