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008 091001s2009 nhua 001 0 eng d
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100 1 $aEisenstadter, Dave.
245 14 $aThe weight of the Ice :$bthe northeast Ice storm of 2008 /$cDave Eisenstadter.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aKeene, N.H. :$bSurry Cottage Books,$c2009.
300 $a192 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aIncludes index.
500 $aDocuments the ice storm of 2008.
505 0 $aPreface -- Introduction -- Act I: The ice storm cometh -- 1. A perfect ice storm: the weather and science of the storm -- 2. Pop ... crack ... boom: the night of the storm -- Act II: A region transformed -- 3. First glimpses: devastation the next morning -- 4. You can't get there from here: traveling the roads -- 5. Workers of the world un-ice: work necessitated by the storm -- 6. A forest of crystal: the beauty of the ice -- Act III: Dealing with darkness, coping with cold -- 7. Yankee ingenuity: stories of triumph -- 8. Taken for granted: heat: keeping warm -- 9. Taken for granted: water: staying hydrated and preventing water damage -- 10. Taken for granted: food: eating and refrigeration -- 11. Taken for granted: light: the darkness -- 12. Communication and community: how people stayed connected -- 13. Generating generators: alternative sources of power -- 14. Gimme shelter: life in shelters -- 15. Waiting for power: as the days become weeks -- Act IV: An unprecedented restoration -- 16. The toughest job of all: utility workers restoring power -- 17. Getting it back: let there be light -- 18. The ice storm that stole Christmas: Christmas after the storm -- Act V: The months that followed -- 19. Spring cleaning: lasting effects of the storm -- Fact sheet.
520 $aFrom the back cover: Dec. 11, 2008: a layer of ice falls on 5 states and leaves devastation in its path. --New Hampshire, New York, Maine, Vermont and Mass. --1.3 million households were left without electricity --$75 million in damages to electrical systems in NH alone --42 counties were eligible for federal disaster relief --Many households were without power for over two weeks.
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