A native of Chalmette, Louisiana, Barry D. Keim remembers the lasting impression Hurricane Camille made on him as a boy in 1969. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina destroyed his childhood home. He is Louisiana State Climatologist, a professor of geography at Louisiana State University, and coauthor of New England Weather, New England Climate and Rainfall Frequency/Magnitude Atlas for the South-Central United States. He lives in Baton Rouge.
A native of northern New Jersey, Robert A. Muller experienced the Great New England Hurricane of 1938. He is a professor emeritus of geography at Louisiana State University, former Louisiana State Climatologist, past director of the NOAA Southern Regional Climate Center at LSU, and the coauthor of Essentials of Physical Geography Today and Physical Geography Today: A Portrait of a Planet. He lives in Baton Rouge.

"Keim and Muller have done a commendable job in assembling Hurricanes of the Gulf of Mexico, the newest and most comprehensive compilation of information on memorable Gulf of Mexico hurricanes. Mostly meteorological in scope, the book also addresses physical and socio-economic impacts in a style that combines short stories, science, hurricane histories, and anecdotes. The geographic scope extends from Key West counter-clockwise to Isla Holbox, Mexico, but special emphasis is given to the Central Gulf Coast from Panama City to Galveston. Hurricane Katrina (2005) is given extensive coverage in a stand-alone chapter. By coincidence, the first page has a storm rolling into Galveston (1900), and the last page has storm waters receding from Galveston in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike (2008). This book is a `must-read' for weather aficionados and all residents of the circum-Gulf of Mexico who have felt the tropical winds increase in strength."