Jay Barnes is director of development for the North Carolina Aquarium Society. He has worked with the Aquariums since 1980, and he was director of the Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores for more than twenty years. He is author of several books and articles on hurricanes, including "North Carolina's Hurricane History" (UNC Press), now in its third edition, and "Florida's Hurricane History" (UNC Press), now in its second edition.