An edition of Warnings
(2010)
Warnings
the true story of how science tamed the weather
1st ed.
by Mike Smith
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From 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.
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Tornadoes, Meteorological services, Meteorologists, Meteorology, Weather forecasting, Technological innovations, Biography, HistoryPeople
Mike Smith (1952-)Places
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Warnings: the true story of how science tamed the weather
2010, Greenleaf Book Group Press
in English
- 1st ed.
1608320340 9781608320349
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Table of Contents
Phantom 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.
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