Author: John Park FinleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tornadoes
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Report on the Character of Six Hundred Tornadoes
Author: John Park FinleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tornadoes
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Report on the Character of Six Hundred Tornadoes
Author: John P. FinleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tornadoes
Languages : de
Pages : 148
Book Description
Hydrometeorological Report ...
Author: United States. Weather Bureau. Hydrometeorological SectionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hydrometeorology
Languages : en
Pages : 818
Book Description
The Tornado
Author: John Edward WeemsPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1623496152
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
The Tornado gives account of one of the world’s most terrifying natural disasters. Twisters have left their wake of freakish consequences throughout the United States and the world, and The Tornado vividly describes some of the most bizarre from around the country—houseboats sailing through the air; cars flown to a landing half a cornfield away; an entire house lifted and demolished, leaving only a divan holding the uninjured family. The most detailed description of a tornado and the violence it can bring comes from the author’s focus on the tragedy of one American town in 1953. John Edward Weems was an eyewitness reporter of a funnel that hit Waco, Texas, on May 11 of that year. In gripping narrative, he portrays the events of that day: a man clinging to a guard rail while a mailbox, plate glass, bricks, and assorted debris whizzed past his head; automobiles rolling end on end down the street; buildings falling like blocks knocked down by an angry child; a movie theater crumbling on the terrified patrons. When the storm had passed, 114 people were dead and hundreds injured; property damage ran in the tens of millions of dollars. Research in news reports, government weather documents, and books flesh out this account, which Pulitzer-prize winner Annie Dillard called “wonderfully exciting. It is full of people, and the thousands of details that make up their lives—and deaths. [It is] a story of enormous power.” John Banta, writing in the Waco Tribune-Herald, described it as “a gripping story of human drama and tragedy.” Kirkus Reviews said, “. . . the events still chill face to face with a power that defies reason.” Royalties from the sale of The Tornado will benefit the book fund of the Waco-McLennan County Public Library.
Official Documents, Comprising the Department and Other Reports
Author: PennsylvaniaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 1672
Book Description
Official Documents, Comprising the Department and Other Reports Made to the Governor, Senate, and House of Representatives of Pennsylvania
Author: PennsylvaniaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legislative journals
Languages : en
Pages : 1710
Book Description
Proceedings of the Symposium on Tornadoes, Assessment of Knowledge and Implications for Man, June 22-24, 1976, Texas Tech University
Author: Richard Emil PetersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Building failures
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
The Tornado
Author: T. P. GrazulisPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806132587
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
"Recreating the incredible drama so often accompanying interactions between people and tornadoes. The Tornado: Nature's Ultimate Windstorm provides detailed meteorological and statistical information on these marvels of nature, which are among the most fascinating scientific puzzles on the planet."--BOOK JACKET.
Nature
Author: Sir Norman LockyerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
Report
Author: Michigan State LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1508
Book Description