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The weight of the Ice : the northeast Ice storm of 2008
- Title
- The weight of the Ice : the northeast Ice storm of 2008 / Dave Eisenstadter.
- Author
- Eisenstadter, Dave.
- Publication
- Keene, N.H. : Surry Cottage Books, 2009.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | IQN 13-3950 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121 |
Details
- Description
- 192 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- From 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.
- Subjects
- Note
- Includes index.
- Documents the ice storm of 2008.
- Contents
- Preface -- 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.
- Call Number
- IQN 13-3950
- ISBN
- 9780979506772
- 0979506778
- OCLC
- 449858925
- Author
- Eisenstadter, Dave.
- Title
- The weight of the Ice : the northeast Ice storm of 2008 / Dave Eisenstadter.
- Imprint
- Keene, N.H. : Surry Cottage Books, 2009.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Research Call Number
- IQN 13-3950