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Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Springfield, Va. : Blue Diamond Books, c2007Edition: 1st edDescription: 399 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780978628000
  • 0978628004
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 551.55/20975 22
  • 551.55/2/0974 22
LOC classification:
  • QC944 .S39 2007
Contents:
Hurricanes: an overview: Tropical cyclones: structure, seasonality, frequency, duration, strength--the Saffir-Simpson Scale, storm surge, tornadoes, naming -- Hurricanes: Forecasting history -- Hurricanes: 1600s -- 1700s -- 1800s -- 1900s -- 2000s -- Nor'easters: a sampler of notable nor'easters from 1950 to the present -- Hurricane preparedness/safety -- APPENDICES: Appendix A. The Beaufort Wind Force Scale -- Appendix B. Retired hurricane names -- Appendix C. National Weather Service field offices in the Middle Atlantic States -- Appendix D. Mid-Atlantic state offices of climatology.
Summary: This reference traces the region's 400-year recorded hurricane history, from Jamestown to the present, drawing on accounts in newspaper articles, books, private journals, and interviews. Emphasizing the human side of a hurricane's aftermath rather than scientific aspects, each hurricane account tells how individuals and communities reacted to the storms. Storms are profiled in year-by-year entries from the 1600's to the current century.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Foothills Lab QC944 .S39 2007 1 Available 50583020036137
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (pages 380-391) and index.

Hurricanes: an overview: Tropical cyclones: structure, seasonality, frequency, duration, strength--the Saffir-Simpson Scale, storm surge, tornadoes, naming -- Hurricanes: Forecasting history -- Hurricanes: 1600s -- 1700s -- 1800s -- 1900s -- 2000s -- Nor'easters: a sampler of notable nor'easters from 1950 to the present -- Hurricane preparedness/safety -- APPENDICES: Appendix A. The Beaufort Wind Force Scale -- Appendix B. Retired hurricane names -- Appendix C. National Weather Service field offices in the Middle Atlantic States -- Appendix D. Mid-Atlantic state offices of climatology.

This reference traces the region's 400-year recorded hurricane history, from Jamestown to the present, drawing on accounts in newspaper articles, books, private journals, and interviews. Emphasizing the human side of a hurricane's aftermath rather than scientific aspects, each hurricane account tells how individuals and communities reacted to the storms. Storms are profiled in year-by-year entries from the 1600's to the current century.

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