Tornado Valley Huntsville S Havoc

Author : Shelly Miller
Publisher : Shelly Miller
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781481866682

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Tornado Valley: Huntsville's Havoc by Shelly Miller Pdf

Touchdown! Folks in Alabama don't know whether to cheer or run when hearing the expression. Touchdown could mean that we've just won another football National Championship or it could indicate that a tornado is on the ground. I could never be a storm chaser. I'm the one the storm chases. Funnels circle around me like shark fins as I bow my head in a school hallway, kneel down in a convent, or give birth to a newborn baby wailing in unison with the tornado sirens. I huddle with toddlers in showers and beg for shelter in a McDonald's freezer. I remain a sitting duck in a second-floor apartment, and find myself in the wrong place at the wrong time while in the emergency room with storm victims. Life in the Rocket City is a thrill ride which is not for the faint of heart, this I know. So brace yourself for a front row seat on a ride through Tornado Valley! Alabama is the home of the world's deadliest twisters, and Huntsville is in the heart of the arena. Our space history is out of this world, but our tornado history will blow you away. Take a rollercoaster ride through the history of Alabama tornadoes before plunging into the gripping story of the Day of Devastation. Witness the stars falling on Alabama in 1833. Then get ready for the sky to fall! The plot twists as Huntsville's torrid tornado past comes alive in the 1974 Super Tornado Outbreak. The rollercoaster corkscrews as it encounters an unexpected twister in 1989 that slingshots the reader into the angry vortex on Airport Road. The ride cruises before taking another gut-wrenching dive that catapults its riders into an inverted twist from yet another Anderson Hills tornado in 1995. The town turns upside-down but Huntsville survives, revives, and thrives. But the worst is yet to come. Another tornado season is just around the corner. Beware of the month of April, especially on a Wednesday. The warning sirens wail, we're bombarded by softball-sized hail, and an EF3 tornado slams into the jail. It's just another day in Alabama, but the countdown clock is ticking. The next tornado warning could be "the one." Our voice drops to a whisper when we mention an EF5. We realize life is too short. The coaster accelerates. Can you feel the torque? We have no idea what's around the next bend. Suddenly, the nightmare comes true as the ride zooms out of control, this time in a free-fall on April 27, 2011. Alabama is bombarded by a record 62 tornadoes in one day. Abruptly, the ride comes to a screeching halt. The adrenaline rush subsides. You've just experienced Huntsville's Havoc. Immediately the passengers ask one another, "Do you want to ride again?" Some will and some swear, never again.

Author : Ari Hallmark,Lisa Reburn
Publisher : eBooks2go, Inc.
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781937089597

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To Heaven After the Storm by Ari Hallmark,Lisa Reburn Pdf

To heaven after the storm is Ari Hallmark's account of her encounter with the heavens. During the April 2011 tornadoes in Arab, Alabama, Ari's parents', grandparents' and cousin's lives were taken, and Ari was knocked unconscious. While her physical body was unconscious, her spirit was invited by angels to go on a journey to the heavens. This book, transcribed by grief counselor Lisa Reburn, is about Ari's journey to and from heaven. Her story is profound and beautiful and continues to awe and inspire those around her.

Author : Alvin Toffler
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780593159477

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Future Shock by Alvin Toffler Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The classic work that predicted the anxieties of a world upended by rapidly emerging technologies—and now provides a road map to solving many of our most pressing crises. “Explosive . . . brilliantly formulated.” —The Wall Street Journal Future Shock is the classic that changed our view of tomorrow. Its startling insights into accelerating change led a president to ask his advisers for a special report, inspired composers to write symphonies and rock music, gave a powerful new concept to social science, and added a phrase to our language. Published in over fifty countries, Future Shock is the most important study of change and adaptation in our time. In many ways, Future Shock is about the present. It is about what is happening today to people and groups who are overwhelmed by change. Change affects our products, communities, organizations—even our patterns of friendship and love. But Future Shock also illuminates the world of tomorrow by exploding countless clichés about today. It vividly describes the emerging global civilization: the rise of new businesses, subcultures, lifestyles, and human relationships—all of them temporary. Future Shock will intrigue, provoke, frighten, encourage, and, above all, change everyone who reads it.

Author : Nick Reding
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781608192076

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Methland by Nick Reding Pdf

Traces the efforts of a small Iowa community to counter the pervasiveness of crystal methamphetamine, in an account that offers insight into the drug's appeal while chronicling the author's numerous visits with the town's doctor, the local prosecutor and a long-time addict. Reprint. A best-selling book.

Author : Robert Henson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781935704003

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Weather on the Air by Robert Henson Pdf

From low humor to high drama, TV weather reporting has encompassed an enormous range of styles and approaches, triggering chuckles, infuriating the masses, and at times even saving lives. In Weather on the Air, meteorologist and science journalist Robert Henson covers it all—the people, technology, science, and show business that combine to deliver the weather to the public each day. Featuring the long-term drive to professionalize weathercasting; the complex relations between government and private forecasters; and the effects of climate-change science and the Internet on today’s broadcasts. With dozens of photos and anecdotes illuminating the many forces that have shaped weather broadcasts over the years, this engaging study will be an invaluable tool for students of broadcast meteorology and mass communication and an entertaining read for anyone fascinated by the public face of weather.

Author : Snowden Dwight Flora
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Hail
ISBN : CORNELL:31924002960197

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Hailstorms of the United States by Snowden Dwight Flora Pdf

Records and descriptions of hailstorms of the past 35 years, with information on insurance, forecasting, etc.

Author : Birendra Bajracharya,Rajesh Bahadur Thapa,Mir A. Matin
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030735692

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Earth Observation Science and Applications for Risk Reduction and Enhanced Resilience in Hindu Kush Himalaya Region by Birendra Bajracharya,Rajesh Bahadur Thapa,Mir A. Matin Pdf

This open access book is a consolidation of lessons learnt and experiences gathered from our efforts to utilise Earth observation (EO) science and applications to address environmental challenges in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region. It includes a complete package of knowledge on service life cycles including multi-disciplinary topics and practically tested applications for the HKH. It comprises 19 chapters drawing from a decade’s worth of experience gleaned over the course of our implementation of SERVIR-HKH – a joint initiative of NASA, USAID, and ICIMOD – to build capacity on using EO and geospatial technology for effective decision making in the region. The book highlights SERVIR’s approaches to the design and delivery of information services – in agriculture and food security; land cover and land use change, and ecosystems; water resources and hydro-climatic disasters; and weather and climate services. It also touches upon multidisciplinary topics such as service planning; gender integration; user engagement; capacity building; communication; and monitoring, evaluation, and learning. We hope that this book will be a good reference document for professionals and practitioners working in remote sensing, geographic information systems, regional and spatial sciences, climate change, ecosystems, and environmental analysis. Furthermore, we are hopeful that policymakers, academics, and other informed audiences working in sustainable development and evaluation – beyond the wider SERVIR network and well as within it – will greatly benefit from what we share here on our applications, case studies, and documentation across cross-cutting topics.

Author : George Harry Stine
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0668053607

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Handbook of Model Rocketry by George Harry Stine Pdf

This National Association of Rocketry handbook covers designing and building your first model rocket to launching and recovery techniques, and setting up a launch area for competition.

Author : Lockheed Martin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Aerospace industries
ISBN : 1882771397

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Innovation with Purpose by Lockheed Martin Pdf

Author : Matt Anniss
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781433986642

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The Science of Tornadoes by Matt Anniss Pdf

Hundred-mile winds and sky-high funnel clouds can mean only one thing: a tornado is coming. Readers will learn everything they need to know about tornadoes, from what they are and why and when they happen, to what remains after they rip through an area. Age-appropriate content thoroughly explains tornado activity in the United States and abroad, and real-life examples give readers insight into how communities cope with one of nature’s most destructive forces. The book includes fast facts about the biggest and most destructive tornadoes in history, and a section entitled “Survivors Speak” features survivors’ stories in their own words. Through stories about scientists and real-life storm chasers, readers will discover the fascination with tornadoes while also understanding the danger and destruction they bring. Stunning photographs and captions accompany the text, giving readers an eye-opening look at one of our world’s most incredible natural disasters.

Author : George Barton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Hospitals
ISBN : HARVARD:32044011591161

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Angels of the Battlefield by George Barton Pdf

Author : Daniel Coleman,Lisa Rademakers,Samson Reiny
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0160916968

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Spinoff 2012 by Daniel Coleman,Lisa Rademakers,Samson Reiny Pdf

NP 2012-11-912-HQ. Provides an in-depth look at how NASA's initiatives in aeronautics and space exploration have resulted in beneficial commercial technologies in the fields of health and medicine, transportation, public safety, consumer goods, environmental protection, computer technology and industrial productivity

Author : Richard Francaviglia
Publisher : Utah State University Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11
Category : History
ISBN : 160732928X

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Go East, Young Man by Richard Francaviglia Pdf

Transference of orientalist images and identities to the American landscape and its inhabitants, especially in the West—in other words, portrayal of the West as the “Orient”—has been a common aspect of American cultural history. Place names, such as the Jordan River or Pyramid Lake, offer notable examples, but the imagery and its varied meanings are more widespread and significant. Understanding that range and significance, especially to the western part of the continent, means coming to terms with the complicated, nuanced ideas of the Orient and of the North American continent that European Americans brought to the West. Such complexity is what historical geographer Richard Francaviglia unravels in this book. Since the publication of Edward Said’s book, Orientalism, the term has come to signify something one-dimensionally negative. In essence, the orientalist vision was an ethnocentric characterization of the peoples of Asia (and Africa and the “Near East”) as exotic, primitive “others” subject to conquest by the nations of Europe. That now well-established point, which expresses a postcolonial perspective, is critical, but Francaviglia suggest that it overlooks much variation and complexity in the views of historical actors and writers, many of whom thought of western places in terms of an idealized and romanticized Orient. It likewise neglects positive images and interpretations to focus on those of a decadent and ostensibly inferior East. We cannot understand well or fully what the pervasive orientalism found in western cultural history meant, says Francaviglia, if we focus only on its role as an intellectual engine for European imperialism. It did play that role as well in the American West. One only need think about characterizations of American Indians as Bedouins of the Plains destined for displacement by a settled frontier. Other roles for orientalism, though, from romantic to commercial ones, were also widely in play. In Go East, Young Man, Francaviglia explores a broad range of orientalist images deployed in the context of European settlement of the American West, and he unfolds their multiple significances.

Author : Clara Barton
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547012528

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The Red Cross in Peace and War by Clara Barton Pdf

The Red Cross in Peace and War is a book by Clara Barton. Barton was a pioneering American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, a teacher, and a patent clerk.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : A-20 (Bomber)
ISBN : 9781563112409

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47th Bombardment Group (L) by Anonim Pdf

The 47th Bomb Group (L) contained the 84th, 85th, 86th, and 97th squadrons, plus Headquarters.