Warnings
Subtitle: the true story of how science tamed the weather
By: Mike Smith
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Austin, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9781608320349
Subjects: Tornadoes; Meteorological services; Meteorologists; Meteorology; Weather forecasting; Technological innovations; Biography; History
Description: From the heart of tornado alley, Smith takes us into the eye of America's most devastating storms and behind the scenes of some of the world's most renowned scientific institutions to uncover the relationship between mankind and the weather.
Table of contents: title: Phantom accidents; title: The Ruskin Heights tornado; title: No one ever knew it was coming; title: "Nice people, but odd"; title: The government gets in gear; title: The "town that died in its sleep"; title: The Paul Revere of Grandview Junior High; title: The end of the beginning; title: Storm chasers; title: Tragedy; title: Fujita; title: The day TV weather grew up; title: St. Louis and the holiday weather hotline; title: The microburst mystery; title: Delta 191 : why weren't they warned?; title: The Delta trail; title: Weatherdata; title: America gets dopplerized; title: Hurricane Andrew; title: Katrina, part one; title: Katrina, part two : inaction in action; title: Katrina, part three : murder by bureaucracy; title: Greensburg : capstone of the modern warning system; title: Where there's life, there's hope.