[bookshare-discuss] Book submitted Blizzards
- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 17:57:51 -0400
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Blizzards (Dangerous Weather)
By Michael Allaby
From the Book Jacket:
Remain where you are . . . Dig a cave in the snow and shelter in it until
conditions improve"-this is Michael Allaby's advice to anyone caught
outdoors in severe blizzard conditions known as "whiteouts." Wandering in
search of shelter in such a storm would subject the pursuer to a
featureless, disorienting whiteness, rendering senses useless and familiar
landmarks unidentifiable.
Blizzards describes what distinguishes a blizzard from an ordinary
snowstorm, explains how blizzards develop and how they can deliver
building-crushing volumes of snow, and chronicles dramatic blizzards of the
past and the peculiar counterintuitive measures required to survive these
great white storms.
The Dangerous Weather series imparts fundamental weather science to readers
through author Michael Allaby's vivid descriptions of extreme weather
systems. The series focuses on the five most dangerous kinds of weather
activity; diagrams related meteorological, climatological, and environmental
basics in clear, compelling language; chronicles the history of each form of
dangerous weather; and offers safety precautions for extreme weather
conditions. Fully illustrated and indexed, the Dangerous Weather series is
an invaluable tool for student research. Other volumes include:
hurricanes tornadoes
floods
droughts
A chronology of weather
Michael Allaby is the author of more than 40 books, mainly on science,
natural environmental topics. A few of his previous works include Basics
of Environment!
The Weather HowIt Works: The Environment, and The Concise Oxford
Dictionary of Ecology. He is a I the New York Academy of Sciences, among
other professional affiliations.
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