Blizzards

Contributor(s): World Book, Inc
Language: English Series: World Book's library of natural disasters ; #1Publisher: Chicago : World Book, c2009Edition: Second editionDescription: 47 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780716698180Subject(s): Blizzards -- Juvenile literatureDDC classification: 363.34925
Contents:
What is a blizzard? -- Blizards back in time -- Blizzard winds -- The school children's blizzard -- The Great White Hurricane of 1888 -- Blizzards and the human body -- Blizzards around the world -- Napoleon's grand retreat -- The White Hurricane of 1913 -- Storm damage -- After a blizzard -- Race to the South Pole -- Hard lessons of 1922 -- The Superstorm of 1993 -- Potomac aircrash -- The billion-dollar blizzard of 1996 -- Surviving a blizzard -- Chicago's?Big snow? of 1967 -- Blizzard rescue -- Forecasting blizzards.
Summary: "A discussion of a major type of natural disaster, including descriptions of some of the most destructive; explanations of these phenomena, what causes them, and where they occur; and information about how to prepare for and survive these forces of nature. Features include an activity, glossary, list of resources, and index"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes glossary and index

Includes bibliographical references

What is a blizzard? -- Blizards back in time -- Blizzard winds -- The school children's blizzard -- The Great White Hurricane of 1888 -- Blizzards and the human body -- Blizzards around the world -- Napoleon's grand retreat -- The White Hurricane of 1913 -- Storm damage -- After a blizzard -- Race to the South Pole -- Hard lessons of 1922 -- The Superstorm of 1993 -- Potomac aircrash -- The billion-dollar blizzard of 1996 -- Surviving a blizzard -- Chicago's?Big snow? of 1967 -- Blizzard rescue -- Forecasting blizzards.

"A discussion of a major type of natural disaster, including descriptions of some of the most destructive; explanations of these phenomena, what causes them, and where they occur; and information about how to prepare for and survive these forces of nature. Features include an activity, glossary, list of resources, and index"--Provided by publisher.

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