Product Description
Details the series of destructive tornadoes that struck the American Midwest during the span of several hours in April 1991, causing severe damage in several states. ... Read more

Product Description
An introduction to the storms sometimes known as twisters, including how and where they occur, the damage they can do, and some of the worst tornadoes in recorded history. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (7)

Very well done
Funny and fascinating.What an incredbile life!

Great Book!
It's obvious this guy is a weatherman, not a professional writer being paid to turn an ordinary life into something that sells books. The book isn't weighed down with lots of pretty words or meteorology lessons. It's simply written as a story of Gary England's life, and what a life that has been! As a young girl I was always fascinated by tornadoes, and at one point seriously considered being a meteorologist. After reading England's book I'm convinced I couldn't have handled the politics and pressure. I hated turning each page because it only brought me closer to the end of the book. I'm sure Gary has lots more stories to tell, and I hope he writes many more books to tell them! I'll gobble them all up.

One of the neatest things about reading this book is that now when I see Gary England on TV clips saying those now-famous words during the May 3, 1999 Oklahoma City Tornado, "You NEED to be underground to survive this one!" I look at him with a knowledge of his life story and how he got to be where he is, and I'm filled with such respect. Thank you, Gary, for suffering through petty politics to be able to save so many lives.

Great resource of meteorological knowledge
I have not read the book as yet but I would like the opportunity to relate how Mr. England's reputation is in Oklahoma. I worked in the railroad industry for 15 years in Oklahoma which is greatly affected by weatherextremes. Our supervisors used to tell us to watch Gary England for weatherupdates as his was the best in the state. Mr. England never failed us.

Weathering 2 Storms
As a youngster growing up in Seiling, Oklahoma, Gary England had an idolin television meteorologist Harry Volkman. Flash forward 40 years. As ayoungster growing up in Oklahoma City, I had an idol in Gary England. Thisis the first time I have known the entire story of what England has gonethrough in his 20+ years at KWTV. I have met with and talked to England onseveral occasions, and I will never know how he keeps his sanity whileweathering 2 storms...the weather itself, and the world of television news.

A true perspective in the television industry.
After reading this book, I felt that I was no longer alone in dealings with news directors. I have only been in television weather for 6 years and have had my fill of television business. My hats off to Gary for being able to stave off over a dozen new directors. This book is a must read for anyone wanting to venture into the "glamorous" life of television news, especially any aspiring meteorologist. ... Read more

Product Description
Provides information about hurricanes and tornadoes, such as where and when they occur, how they form, and the damage they can cause. ... Read more

Product Description
Nature's most powerful force is the tornado.The first pioneers who set foot in Kansas had to deal with many adversities, but their lack of knowledge about tornadoes caught many by surprise.Almost every spring, when the winds turned warm and the skies became black with thunderstorms, death and destruction dealt a crucial blow to someone somewhere in the Sunflower State.

Daniel C. Fitzgerald, a Kansas historian famous for his Ghost Towns of Kansas series, tackles a new project on the destructive tornadoes that literally changed Kansas history and how they influenced the way outsiders view the state.His first major work in fifteen years chronicles the history of Kansas tornadoes from territorial times to the present day.This exhaustive study was ten years and thousands of hours in the makiing.

Here are the stories and the heroes, including:

Udall, 1955:A late night tornado killed scores of people while they were sleeping in their beds.

Topeka, 1966:This tornado cost the capital city over $100,000,000 as it sliced the town in half.

Greensburg, 2007:The entire town was flattened by one of the largest tornadoes to hit Kansas.

Irving, 1879:This small railroad town was hit by two tornadoes an hour apart on the same day.

Sound and Fury, Fitzgerald's popular comeback, documents the histories of over a hundred Kansas tornadoes.It also provides a history of meteorology and how scientists faced their lack of knowledge against nature's most destructive force. ... Read more

Product Description
Discover the raw power of Mother Nature!

Every day, the weather seems to be increasingly severe and unpredictable, ensuring that it remains the biggest topic of conversation. The Everything® Weather Book provides you with the perfect introduction to the complexities of weather, focusing on how it develops, what causes severe weather, how global warming affects us, and much more.

Whether you’re interested in learning a few little-known facts to impress your friends over dinner or are in the process of becoming an amateur meteorologist, The Everything® Weather Book has all you need to know to understand the hows and whys of everyday weather.

Featuring dozens of photographs, The Everything® Weather Book teaches you about:

-Cloud formations

-Flash floods and monsoons

-Forecasting

-Rainbows

-The Greenhouse Effect

-Thunder and lightning

-Tornadoes and hurricanes ... Read more

Customer Reviews (1)

Wow!
Yeah. After reading the 16 Minutes From Home book I picked this one up (not at Amazon sorry). Man it told me more about weather than I thought possible - and I'm a natural science buff. It's easy to read and is along the line of a "xxx For Dummies" type of thing. I was hooked after I read his introduction in the front. He's obviously a big weather buff. A friend of mine in Raleigh said he give lectures at the NC Museum of Natural History (possibly NC M. of Science I no longer recall) and is funny to boot. I didn't read it front to back, but skipped around a bit. Starting with (wait for it) Hurricanes! If you need a quick reference book for weather, this thing is a good pick. I'm not sure what else is out there as I never bought a book only about weather before this one and tend to read articles online about it. But this book seems like a winner. ... Read more

Product Description

Customer Reviews (1)

Great Factoids
Many little tid-bits were clarified with this book.It is packed fully of useful and trivial information, that it is sure to facinate even the non-meteorologically inclined person. I for one never could figure out howsome mountain trees looked the way the do but after reading #588 it allmade sense to me. ... Read more

Product Description
Originally published in 1904.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

Product Description
Chapters: 1936 Atlantic Hurricane Season, Tornadoes of 1936, 1936 Cordele-Greensboro Tornado Outbreak, 1936 North American Heat Wave, 1936 Tupelo-gainesville Tornado Outbreak, 1936 North American Cold Wave. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: 1936 Atlantic hurricane season -On June 9, a tropical storm made landfall on the Pacific coast of Guatemala. It moved northeastward across Central America, and entered the western Caribbean Sea on June 11. The storm quickly re-organized, and again developed into a tropical storm on June 12. It moved north-northeastward, resulting in light winds as it paralleled the eastern coasts of Belize and the Yucatan Peninsula. After reaching the Gulf of Mexico with peak winds of 45 miles per hour (72 km/h), the storm turned to the northeast, then to the east. On June 15, the tropical storm made landfall about 20 miles (32 km) to the south of Fort Myers, Florida, and after crossing the state it passed over Miami before entering the Atlantic Ocean. It weakened as it accelerated northeastward through the Bahamas, and on June 17 the system dissipated to the north of Bermuda. While crossing Central America, the storm produced heavy rainfall. In southern Florida, winds from the storm ranged from 30 miles per hour (48 km/h) to a peak of 39 miles per hour (63 km/h) in Miami. The storm produced heavy rainfall in southern Florida, ranging from 8 to 15 inches (200 to 380 mm). The rainfall caused flooding of highways and lowlands, drowned several livestock, and some damage. The storm caused three indirect deaths when a Coast Guard airplane crashed in Tampa Bay while in search of small boats. An area of disturbed weather was first detected near the Yucatan Peninsula on June 18. It tracked west-northwestward, and developed into a t...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1458045 ... Read more

Product Description
Discusses types of wind, how their force is measured, the characteristics of hurricanes and tornadoes, some devastating storms, weather proverbs, and safety precautions to take during hurricanes and tornadoes. ... Read more

Product Description
This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Lee and Shepard in 1884 in 112 pages; Description: "First published in several numbers of the second and third volumes of Science, and is now reprinted, with slight alteration, in more convenient form"--P. [5] (1st group).; Subjects: Nature / Weather; Science / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology; ... Read more