Great Lake Effects

Author : Erin McCahan
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-11
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781101625989

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The Lake Effect by Erin McCahan Pdf

A funny, bracing, poignant YA romance and coming-of-age for fans of Huntley Fitzpatrick, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, and The Beginning of Everything lake effect | n. 1. The effect of any lake, especially the Great Lakes, in modifying the weather in nearby areas 2. The effect of elderly ladies, mysterious girls, and countless funerals, in upending your life, one summer at the beach It’s the summer after senior year, and Briggs Henry is out the door. He's leaving behind his ex-girlfriend and his parents’ money troubles for Lake Michigan and its miles of sandy beaches, working a summer job as a personal assistant, and living in a gorgeous Victorian on the shore. It's the kind of house Briggs plans to buy his parents one day when he’s a multi-millionaire. But then he gets there. And his eighty-four-year-old boss tells him to put on a suit for her funeral. So begins a summer of social gaffes, stomach cramps, fraught beach volleyball games, moonlit epiphanies, and a drawer full of funeral programs. Add to this Abigail, the mystifying girl next door on whom Briggs's charms just won’t work, and “the lake effect” is taking on a whole new meaning. Smart, funny, and honest, The Lake Effect is about realizing that playing along is playing it safe, and that you can only become who you truly are if you’re willing to take the risk. "Vibrant and smart . . . Perfect to tote around on vacation." —Bustle “Every word glows with brilliance." —Francisco X. Stork, author of Marcelo in the Real World "Dazzlingly hilarious . . . Erin McCahan is the reigning queen of summer YA reads." —PopSugar “Observant, sarcastic, compelling, and very funny.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Summer romance at its best." —HelloGiggles “The perfect smart, beachside read. . . . Unforgettable.” —Stephanie Elliot, author of Sad Perfect "Elegant and touching." —Publishers Weekly “Refreshingly honest and real. . . . An absolute must-read.” —Elise Allen, co-author of Elixir “Funny and poignant." —PureWow "Thought provoking—and at times hilarious . . . A great summer read." —SLJ

Author : Nancy A. Nichols
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-18
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781597265232

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Lake Effect by Nancy A. Nichols Pdf

On her deathbed, Sue asked her sister for one thing: to write about the connection between the industrial pollution in their hometown and the rare cancer that was killing her. Fulfilling that promise has been Nancy Nichols’ mission for more than a decade. Lake Effect is the story of her investigation. It reaches back to their childhood in Waukegan, Illinois, an industrial town on Lake Michigan once known for good factory jobs and great fishing. Now Waukegan is famous for its Superfund sites: as one resident put it, asbestos to the north, PCBs to the south. Drawing on her experience as a journalist, Nichols interviewed dozens of scientists, doctors, and environmentalists to determine if these pollutants could have played a role in her sister’s death. While researching Sue’s cancer, she discovered her own: a vicious though treatable form of pancreatic cancer. Doctors and even family urged her to forget causes and concentrate on cures, but Nichols knew that it was relentless questioning that had led to her diagnosis. And that it is questioning—by government as well as individuals—that could save other lives. Lake Effect challenges us to ask why. It is the fulfillment of a sister’s promise. And it is a call to stop the pollution that is endangering the health of all our families.

Author : Junior League of Buffalo
Publisher : Junior League of Buffalo
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Community cookbooks
ISBN : 0965593509

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Great Lake Effects by Junior League of Buffalo Pdf

The Junior League of Buffalo invites you into a world of...Hidden Treasures, Captivating Art, Intriguing Facts, Fabulous Recipes ... truly Buffalo Beyond Winter and Wings. The 1997 New England Regional Winner of the Tabasco Community Cookbook Award.

Author : Richard N. Hill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0981737188

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Lake Effect by Richard N. Hill Pdf

A deckhand's coming-of-age story of sailing the Great Lakes steamboats during the social and political turbulence of the early 1970s, Lake Effect is a vivid and memorable account, told in a light-hearted and entertaining narrative style, of life aboard the giant ore boats. In the early 1970s, the author sailed on four different US Steel freighters as a deckhand and deckwatch. Ten years later, he enrolled in the Great Lakes Maritime Academy with the intention of becoming a deck officer, and sailed on the 1000-foot Columbia Star. This humorous yet poignant memoir follows his voyage of self-discovery.

Author : Mark Monmonier
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 0815610041

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Lake Effect by Mark Monmonier Pdf

Blending meteorological history with the history of scientific cartography, Monmonier charts the phenomenon of lake-effect snow and explores the societal impacts of extreme weather. Along the way, he introduces readers to natural philosophers who gradually identified this distinctive weather pattern, to tales of communities adapting to notoriously disruptive storms, and to some of the snowiest regions of the country. Characterized by intense snowfalls lasting from a couple of minutes to several days, lake-effect snow is deposited by narrow bands of clouds formed when cold, dry arctic air passes over a large, relatively warm inland lake. With perhaps only half the water content of regular snow, lake snow is typically light, fluffy, and relatively easy to shovel. Intriguing stories of lake effect’s quirky behavior and diverse impacts include widespread ignorance of the phenomenon in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Since then a network of systematic observers have collected several decades of data worth mapping, and reliable shortterm predictions based on satellites, Doppler radar, and computer models are now available. Moving effortlessly from atmospheric science to anecdotes, Monmonier offers a richly detailed account of a type of weather that has long been misunderstood. Residents of lake-effect regions, history buffs, and weather junkies alike will relish this entertaining and informative book.

Author : Rich Cohen
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307426543

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Lake Effect by Rich Cohen Pdf

A bittersweet coming-of-age story that quietly bores to the essence of friendship and how it survives even as it is destined to change. “So outrageous and so true.... the book rockets along, powered by the high octane of Cohen’s candor [and] off-beat observations.” —The New York Times Book Review Raised in an affluent suburb on the North Shore of Chicago, Rich Cohen had a cluster of interesting friends, but none more interesting than Jamie Drew. Fatherless, reckless, and lower middle class in a place that wasn’t, Jamie possessed such an irresistible insouciance and charm that even the teachers called him Drew-licious. Through the high school years of parties and Cub games and girls, of summer nights on the beach and forbidden forays into the blues bars of Chicago’s notorious South Side, the two formed an inseparable bond. Even after Cohen went to college in New Orleans (Jamie went to Kansas) and then moved to New York, where he had a memorable interlude with the legendary New Yorker writer Joseph Mitchell, Jamie remained oddly crucial to his life.

Author : Dan Egan
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780393246445

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The Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan Egan Pdf

New York Times Bestseller Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Award "Nimbly splices together history, science, reporting and personal experiences into a taut and cautiously hopeful narrative.… Egan’s book is bursting with life (and yes, death)." —Robert Moor, New York Times Book Review The Great Lakes—Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario, and Superior—hold 20 percent of the world’s supply of surface fresh water and provide sustenance, work, and recreation for tens of millions of Americans. But they are under threat as never before, and their problems are spreading across the continent. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes is prize-winning reporter Dan Egan’s compulsively readable portrait of an ecological catastrophe happening right before our eyes, blending the epic story of the lakes with an examination of the perils they face and the ways we can restore and preserve them for generations to come.

Author : Val L. Eichenlaub
Publisher : Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015011186403

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Weather and Climate of the Great Lakes Region by Val L. Eichenlaub Pdf

The Great Lakes exert a considerable influence on the weather of the surrounding area, causing fog, clouds, breezes, snowfall, and other lake effects. This work explains the atmospheric processes underlying the characteristic weather patterns of the region.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Great Lakes (North America)
ISBN : UOM:39015092886178

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Great Lakes Update by Anonim Pdf

Author : David C. L. Lam,William M. Schertzer
Publisher : ASCE Publications
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0784474680

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Potential Climate Change Effects on Great Lakes Hydrodynamics and Water Quality by David C. L. Lam,William M. Schertzer Pdf

This report provides a state-of-the-art review of the climate change effects on lake hydrodynamics and water quality. Most of the engineering cases in this book deal with the ability of existing infrastructure to cope with extreme weather conditions. The case studies are intended to illustrate the advancement in modeling research on lake hydrodynamics, thermal stratification, pollutant transport, and water quality by highlighting the climate change aspects in the application of these techniques. Topics include climate and lake responses, lake thermodynamics, large-scale circulation, wind-waves on large lakes, great lakes ice cover, and water quality.

Author : Jim Steenburgh
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781492016809

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Secrets of the Greatest Snow on Earth by Jim Steenburgh Pdf

Utah has long claimed to have the greatest snow on Earth—the state itself has even trademarked the phrase. In Secrets of the Greatest Snow on Earth, Jim Steenburgh investigates Wasatch weather, exposing the myths, explaining the reality, and revealing how and why Utah's powder lives up to its reputation. Steenburgh also examines ski and snowboard regions beyond Utah, making this book a meteorological guide to mountain weather and snow climates around the world. Chapters explore mountain weather, avalanches and snow safety, historical accounts of weather events and snow conditions, and the basics of climate and weather forecasting. Steenburgh explains what creates the best snow for skiing and snowboarding in accurate and accessible language and illustrates his points with 150 color photographs, making Secrets of the Greatest Snow on Earth a helpful tool for planning vacations and staying safe during mountain adventures. Snowriders, weather enthusiasts, meteorologists, students of snow science, and anyone who dreams of deep powder and bluebird skies will want to get their gloves on Secrets of the Greatest Snow on Earth.

Author : J.E. Oliver,Rhodes W. Fairbridge
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1028 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Reference
ISBN : UOM:39015011861146

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The Encyclopedia of Climatology by J.E. Oliver,Rhodes W. Fairbridge Pdf

Today's greater public awareness of how climate affects our quality of life and environment has created an increasing demand for climatological information. Now this information is available in one convenient, accessible source, The Encyclopedia of Climatology. This comprehensive volume covers all the main subfields of climatology, supplies data on climates in major continental areas and explains what is known about the causes of climatic processes and changes. Contents include articles on bioclimatology, El Niño, climatic models, world regional climates, civilization and climate, climatic variations and the greenhouse effect.

Author : Bernadette Colicchio Dawson,Ted Dieffenbacher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1956271023

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Lake Effect by Bernadette Colicchio Dawson,Ted Dieffenbacher Pdf

Besides being the title of this book, Lake Effect is a term that everyone in Northeast Ohio knows. It happens when frigid air from Canada dips south, picks up water from Lake Erie, freezes it at high altitude, and then, to the delight of kids hoping for school cancellations, dumps it in the form of snow as soon as it reaches the shoreline in Ashtabula, Ohio. Lake Effect, the book, touches upon the psychological and emotional impact of growing up in Ashtabula, a blue-collar town with a huge port, major chemical and manufacturing plants, a culturally diverse population, and a spider web of railroad tracks feeding into ships in the harbor. Told in fifty-eight vignettes through the eyes of an Italian American girl and a Finnish American boy (at a time when weddings between people of those crosstown cultures were considered mixed marriages), the book offers a glimpse into small-town America in the 1950s and 1960s. As beneficiaries of the work ethic of their parents and immigrant grandparents, the authors pay tribute to family and friends who provided example and advice (sometimes unheeded) during their coming of age years.

Author : Karl M. Wantzen,Karl-Otto Rothhaupt,Martin Mörtl,Marco Cantonati,Lászlo G.-Tóth,Philipp Fischer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-05-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781402091926

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Ecological Effects of Water-level Fluctuations in Lakes by Karl M. Wantzen,Karl-Otto Rothhaupt,Martin Mörtl,Marco Cantonati,Lászlo G.-Tóth,Philipp Fischer Pdf

Most aquatic ecosystems have variable water levels. These water-level fluctuations (WLF) have multiple effects on the organisms above and below the waterline. Natural WLF patterns in lakes guarantee both productivity and biodiversity, while untimely floods and droughts may have negative effects. Human impacts on WLF have led to a stabilization of the water levels of many lakes by hydraulic regulation, untimely drawdown due to water use, or floods due to water release from hydropower plants in the catchments. This book provides a first review in this field. It presents selected papers on the ecological effects of WLF in lakes, resulting from a workshop at the University of Konstanz in winter 2005. Issues addressed here include the extent of WLF, and analyses of their effects on different groups of biota from microorganisms to vertebrates. Applied issues include recommendations for the hydrological management of regulated lakes to reduce negative impacts, and a conceptual framework is delivered by an extension of the floodpulse concept for lakes. Current impacts on water use, including increasing demands on drinking and irrigation water, hydropower etc., and climate change effects on WLF make this book an essential resource for aquatic ecologists, engineers, and decision-makers dealing with the management of lake ecosystems and their catchments.

Author : Julie A. Winkler,Galina Guentchev,Adam Burnett
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832505458

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Hydroclimatology of the Great Lakes Region of North America by Julie A. Winkler,Galina Guentchev,Adam Burnett Pdf