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Author : Fred Doehring
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Hurricanes
ISBN : OCLC:30602820
Author : Fred Doehring,Iver W. Duedall,John Mills Williams
Publisher : Florida Sea Grant College Program
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Hurricanes
ISBN : UCR:31210018646529
This book presents, by historical periods, a summary of the hurricanes and tropical storms that struck Florida's more than 1200-mile long coastline during the 122 years from 1871 through 1993. It traces the history of hurricanes and tropical storms, using data from satellites to personal letters of people who lived through the storms. The book includes photographs from newspapers dating back into the early 1900s showing damage to downtown Miami, trains swept off their tracks, sunken ships and more. The primary goal in preparing this book was to update the historical work as it pertains to Florida, to consolidate and standardize technical terms published at the beginning of each hurricane season on hurricane tracking maps, and to introduce the following new material pertaining to Florida: (1) a detailed historical discussion, (2) a chronological listing of all Florida hurricanes, (3) 13 plates of hurricane and tropical storm tracks grouped into 10-year increments, and (4) a table showing the number of tropical storms and hurricanes by 10-year increments.
Author : John Mills Williams,Iver W. Duedall
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0813024943
A comprehensive chronological guide to hurricanes, tropical storms, and near-misses to impact Florida since 1871, this expanded volume contains the widest possible range of statistics and information for the 181 tropical cyclones to reach Florida, 72 of them with hurricane force winds, 78 as tropical storms. Photos. Charts.
Author : Paul V. Kislow
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1594547270
A hurricane is a tropical storm with winds that have reached a constant speed of 74 miles per hour or more. Hurricane winds blow in a large spiral around a relative calm centre known as the "eye." The "eye" is generally 20 to 30 miles wide, and the storm may extend outward 400 miles. As a hurricane approaches, the skies will begin to darken and winds will grow in strength. As a hurricane nears land, it can bring torrential rains, high winds, and storm surges. A single hurricane can last for more than 2 weeks over open waters and can run a path across the entire length of the eastern seaboard. August and September are peak months during the hurricane season that lasts from 1 June to 30 November. This book presents the facts and history of hurricanes.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 820 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Marine meteorology
ISBN : MSU:31293201280439
November issue includes abridged index to yearly volume.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 882 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556031245178
Author : Richard J. Murnane,Kam-biu Liu
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2004-12-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0231509286
This book surveys the past, present, and potential future variability of hurricanes and typhoons on a variety of timescales using newly developed approaches based on geological and archival records, in addition to more traditional approaches based on the analysis of the historical record of tropical cyclone tracks. A unique aspect of the book is that it provides an overview of the developing field of paleotempestology, which uses geological, biological, and documentary evidence to reconstruct prehistoric changes in hurricane landfall. The book also presents a particularly wide sampling of ongoing efforts to extend the best track data sets using historical material from many sources, including Chinese archives, British naval logbooks, Spanish colonial records, and early diaries from South Carolina. The book will be of particular interest to tropical meteorologists, geologists, and climatologists as well as to the catastrophe reinsurance industry, graduate students in meteorology, and public employees active in planning and emergency management.
Author : Glenn R. Guntenspergen,Beth A. Vairin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Animals
ISBN : UCR:31210018636157
Author : James Fleming
Publisher : Springer
Page : 613 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781940033846
On the occasion of its 75th anniversary, the American Meteorological Society engaged a number of eminent pioneers and leading practitioners to write about the fields they helped develop. They were joined by several professional historians of science and technology. The resulting essays constitute a substantial sampling of what has been learned since 1919 in the atmospheric sciences and services—in research, in education, and in the private sector. This volume will be of interest to weather professionals and enthusiasts, historians of science, and to students of science and history. It will help us calibrate where we are, where we have been, and where we might be going as a discipline. Hopefully it will inspire others to value the past and to dig into it more deeply. Such attention to history is a necessary step in the maturation of a scientific discipline.
Author : Ted Steinberg
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2006-07-20
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780199838912
As the waters of the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain began to pour into New Orleans, people began asking the big question--could any of this have been avoided? How much of the damage from Hurricane Katrina was bad luck, and how much was poor city planning? Steinberg's Acts of God is a provocative history of natural disasters in the United States. This revised edition features a new chapter analyzing the failed response to Hurricane Katrina, a disaster Steinberg warned could happen when the book first was published. Focusing on America's worst natural disasters, Steinberg argues that it is wrong to see these tragedies as random outbursts of nature's violence or expressions of divine judgment. He reveals how the decisions of business leaders and government officials have paved the way for the greater losses of life and property, especially among those least able to withstand such blows--America's poor, elderly, and minorities. Seeing nature or God as the primary culprit, Steinberg explains, has helped to hide the fact that some Americans are simply better able to protect themselves from the violence of nature than others. In the face of revelations about how the federal government mishandled the Katrina calamity, this book is a must-read before further wind and water sweep away more lives. Acts of God is a call to action that needs desperately to be heard.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : UIUC:30112050127304
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Natural disasters
ISBN : PSU:000032338492
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 952 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556036532109
Author : Richard A. Bartlett
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-31
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476612607
During the first fifty years of the twentieth century, ham radio went from being an experiment to virtually an art form. Because of the few government restrictions and the low monetary investment required, the concept of ham radio appealed to various people. More than just a simple hobby, however, ham radio required its operators to understand radio theory, be able to trace a schematic and know how to build a transmitter and receiver with whatever material they might have available. With the advent of World War II and the increased need for cutting-edge communications, the United States government drew upon the knowledge and skill of these amateur ham radio operators. This book explores the history of ham radio operators, emphasizing their social history and their many contributions to the technological development of worldwide communications. It traces the concept of relays, including the American Radio Relay League, from contacts as close as 25 miles apart to operators anywhere in the world. The book highlights the part played by ham radio in many of the headline events of the half century, especially exploration and aviation “firsts”. The ways in which these primarily amateur operators assisted in times of disaster including such events as the sinking of the Titanic and the 1937 Ohio River flood, are also examined.
Author : Godefroy Desrosiers-Lauzon
Publisher : McGill-Queen's University Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773586550
Developing numerous themes, including leisure, state-promoted tourism, citizenship, and business investment, Godefroy Desrosiers-Lauzon considers advertisements, movies, policymakers, and the behaviour of snowbirds in Florida to provide the most thorough study of the vacation state to date. He also looks at the temporary communities of Canadians, Québecois, New Englanders, and Mid- Westerners that develop, showing how they blur the lines that usually divide national and regional identities, and youth and age. An insightful work full of amusing details, Florida's Snowbirds pieces together a complete cultural atlas of Florida Snowbirds that goes far beyond the familiar postcards they send home