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Superstorms : extreme weather in the heart of the heartland / Terry Swails.

Title
Superstorms : extreme weather in the heart of the heartland / Terry Swails.
Author
Swails, Terry.
Publication
Helena, MT : Farcountry Press, c2005.

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Description
159 p. : ill. (some col. ), col. maps; 23 x 26 cm.
Subject
  • Climatic extremes > Middle West
  • Natural disasters > Middle West
  • Weather
Note
  • Includes index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction: into the looking glass -- The weather puzzle -- From signal flags to doppler radar: reporting the weather -- Tornado: the king of storms -- Camanche tornado of 1860 -- From twister to blizzard in 48 hours -- 1990 tornado outbreak: live! -- Thunder, lightning & hail -- Pennies, baseballs, and golfballs: understanding hail -- Flood -- The great flood of 1965 -- From tranquil stream to raging torrent: the 1990 Duck Creek flood -- Ring of fire and water: the great flood of 1993 -- Heat wave -- The sizzling July of 1936 -- Snow, wind & bone-chilling cold: winter in the Quad Cities -- The telephone wire winter of 1936 -- Autumn's wrath: the deadly Armistice Day storm of 1940 -- The big chill: January 1979 -- The Northern Lights: a different storm -- Storm watch: an epilogue.
ISBN
  • 9781560373322 (pbk.)
  • 1560373326 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^2005019076
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library