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050 00 $aQC995$b.S655 2010
100 1 $aSmith, Mike,$d1952-
245 10 $aWarnings :$bthe true story of how science tamed the weather /$cMike Smith.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aAustin, Tex. :$bGreenleaf Book Group Press,$cc2010.
300 $a286 p., [12] p. of plates :$bill. (some col.) ;$c24 cm.
520 $aFrom the heart of tornado alley, Smith takes us into the eye of America's most devastating storms and behind the scenes of some of the world's most renowned scientific institutions to uncover the relationship between mankind and the weather.
505 0 $aPhantom accidents -- The Ruskin Heights tornado -- No one ever knew it was coming -- "Nice people, but odd" -- The government gets in gear -- The "town that died in its sleep" -- The Paul Revere of Grandview Junior High -- The end of the beginning -- Storm chasers -- Tragedy -- Fujita -- The day TV weather grew up -- St. Louis and the holiday weather hotline -- The microburst mystery -- Delta 191 : why weren't they warned? -- The Delta trail -- Weatherdata -- America gets dopplerized -- Hurricane Andrew -- Katrina, part one -- Katrina, part two : inaction in action -- Katrina, part three : murder by bureaucracy -- Greensburg : capstone of the modern warning system -- Where there's life, there's hope.
650 0 $aWeather forecasting$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aMeteorology$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aWeather forecasting$xTechnological innovations$zUnited States.
650 0 $aMeteorological services$xTechnological innovations$zUnited States.
650 0 $aTornadoes$zUnited States.
600 10 $aSmith, Mike,$d1952-
650 0 $aMeteorologists$vBiography.