Warnings : the true story of how science tamed the weather /

Warnings : the true story of how science tamed the weather /

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Author / Creator:	Smith, Mike, 1952-
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Austin, Tex. : Greenleaf Book Group Press, ©2010.
Description:	286 pages, [12] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Smith, Mike, -- 1952- Weather forecasting -- United States -- History. Meteorology -- United States -- History. Weather forecasting -- Technological innovations -- United States. Meteorological services -- Technological innovations -- United States. Tornadoes -- United States. Meteorologists -- Biography. Meteorological services -- Technological innovations. Meteorologists. Meteorology. Tornadoes. Weather forecasting. Weather forecasting -- Technological innovations. United States. Biography. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11314045

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ISBN:	9781608320349 1608320340
Summary:	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:

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Phantom Accidents
Chapter 1. The Ruskin Heights Tornado
Chapter 2. No One Ever Knew It Was Coming
Chapter 3. "Nice People, But Odd"
Chapter 4. The Government Gets In Gear
Chapter 5. The "Town That Died In Its Sleep"
Chapter 6. The Paul Revere of Grandview Junior High
Chapter 7. The End of the Beginning
Chapter 8. Storm Chasers
Chapter 9. Tragedy
Chapter 10. Fujita
Chapter 11. The Day TV Weather Grew Up
Chapter 12. St. Louis and the Holiday Weather Hotline
Chapter 13. The Microburst Mystery
Chapter 14. Delta 191: Why Weren't They Warned
Chapter 15. The Delta Trial
Chapter 16. Weatherdata
Chapter 17. America Gets Dopplerized
Chapter 18. Hurricane Andrew
Chapter 19. Katrina: Part one
Chapter 20. Katrina: Part Two-Inaction in Action
Chapter 21. Katrina: Part Three-Murder By Bureaucracy
Chapter 22. Greensburg: Capstone of the Modern Warning System
Chapter 23. Where There's Life, There's Hope
Epilogue