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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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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | QC981.8.C53 S93 2005 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 159 p. : ill. (some col. ), col. maps; 23 x 26 cm.
- Subject
- 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