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Book Synopsis Mudslide in La Conchita, California, 2005 by : Karen Bush Gibson
Download or read book Mudslide in La Conchita, California, 2005 written by Karen Bush Gibson and published by Mitchell Lane. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On January 10, 2005, people who lived in the small oceanfront town of La Conchita, California, were horrified to hear a loud rumble. Weakened by heavy rains, the mountain overlooking the town began to crumble. Thousands of tons of mud mowed over trees, houses, and people. When it stopped, a huge hill contained fifteen houses and up to twenty-one people. In the days that followed, rescue workers and townspeople worked together to save as many as possible. In this heartbreaking account of the La Conchita mudslide, it becomes clear that even the best-laid plans are not always enough to ensure survival in the face of a natural disaster.
Book Synopsis Mt. Vesuvius and the Destruction of Pompeii, A.D. 79 by : Russell Roberts
Download or read book Mt. Vesuvius and the Destruction of Pompeii, A.D. 79 written by Russell Roberts and published by Mitchell Lane. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the events that occurred on the day Mt. Vesuvius erupted and destroyed the city of Pompeii in 79 A.D.
Book Synopsis The Lost Continent of Atlantis by : Russell Roberts
Download or read book The Lost Continent of Atlantis written by Russell Roberts and published by Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-10 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Atlantis. Is its story fact or fiction? While people no longer believe in the Greek god Poseidon or in his son Atlantis, no one is really sure if there ever was a continent of Atlantis. Young readers can find out in this easy-reading tale.
Book Synopsis The Ancient Mystery of Easter Island by : John A. Torres
Download or read book The Ancient Mystery of Easter Island written by John A. Torres and published by Mitchell Lane. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To some, Easter Island is just a tiny bit of volcanic rock in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. To others, it is the source of one of mankind's greatest mysteries. Easter Island is home to hundreds of giant statues that people built centuries ago, but no one knows why. The statues are amazing. Some of them wear headdresses made from red stone. Others have large pieces of coral for eyes. Almost as mysterious as the statues themselves is the fact that so many of them were never finished. In fact, tools used to make the huge stone structures were left right near the unfinished works. What happened on Easter Island? And why does it continue to captivate us?
Book Synopsis The Influenza Pandemic of 1918 by : Claire O'Neal
Download or read book The Influenza Pandemic of 1918 written by Claire O'Neal and published by Mitchell Lane. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1918, the deadliest virus in human History struck worldwide with hardly any warning. A victim of the Spanish flu could wake up healthy and fall down dead the same day. In the United States, so many people fell ill that schools and churches closed. There werent enough healthy doctors and nurses to care for the sick, or enough healthy gravediggers to bury the dead. When U.S. troops joined World War I that year, they couldnt have imagined that more soldiers would die from the flu than fighting. The Spanish flu claimed between 50 million and 100 million lives globally in less than a year. Now, less than a century later, new strains of bird flu are killing people in Asia in much the same way. Are we on the verge of another deadly pandemic?
Download or read book Bubonic Plague written by Jim Whiting and published by Mitchell Lane. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the middle of the fourteenth century, a terrible and mysterious plague swept across Europe and Asia. One in every three Europeans died during the five years that it terrified the continent. People tried all sorts of ways to avoid catching the Black Death. They carried flowers, burned incense, fired cannons, and rang church bells. They nailed whole families in their homes to try to keep the disease from spreading. Nothing seemed to help. The death rate continued to soar. Finally the plague ran its course, and people stopped dying in large numbers. But the bubonic plague never went away. Every so often, this painful disease breaks out again. Find out how and where this deadly disease traveled, and whether the chances of survival are any better today than they were so many centuries ago.
Book Synopsis Where Did All the Dinosaurs Go? by : Russell Roberts
Download or read book Where Did All the Dinosaurs Go? written by Russell Roberts and published by Mitchell Lane. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many theories have been put forth to explain the mysterious disappearance of the dinosaurs. Did they get too large to survive? Did the climate change too abruptly? Did an asteroid collide with Earth? This inviting book explains some of the theories and examines why they've been accepted or rejected.
Book Synopsis The Volcanic Eruption on Santorini, 1650 BCE by : Jim Whiting
Download or read book The Volcanic Eruption on Santorini, 1650 BCE written by Jim Whiting and published by Mitchell Lane. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 3,500 years ago, people on the Greek island of Calliste had a very good life. They enjoyed lots of sunshine, had plenty of food, and lived in large homes. They even had running water and flush toilets. There was only one problem: Calliste was actually a volcano. Around 1650 BCE, the volcano erupted, blowing out the center of the island and creating a large bay. What was left of Calliste was buried under a thick layer of volcanic ash. Though the island was deserted for many years, people eventually returned. Several centuries ago, it was renamed Santorini. The island has reclaimed its beauty and allure, but the volcano below continues to reshape this little plot of land in the Mediterranean Sea.
Book Synopsis The Fury of Hurricane Andrew 1992 by : Karen Bush Gibson
Download or read book The Fury of Hurricane Andrew 1992 written by Karen Bush Gibson and published by Mitchell Lane. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story and personal accounts of 1992's Hurricane Andrew provide a backdrop for learning about hurricanes in general and the devastation they can cause. This book also examines the dynamics of hurricanes, the role of meteorologists, and the importance of timely, efficient relief operations in a hurricane aftermath. Includes a chronology that tracks Andrew's path, and a timeline of other major U.S. hurricanes.
Book Synopsis The Bermuda Triangle by : Jim Whiting
Download or read book The Bermuda Triangle written by Jim Whiting and published by Mitchell Lane. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Late in 1945, five U.S. Navy torpedo bombers took off from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on a routine training mission. Soon the mission became anything but routine. Flight 19, as it was known, became hopelessly lost. Then the planes vanished. No one ever found a trace of them or the 14 men who had been aboard. Starting five years later, people began to notice a pattern of disappearances of ships and airplanes similar to Flight 19. These disappearances occurred within a triangle whose corners were Miami, Florida; Puerto Rico; and Bermuda. Writers dubbed the area the Bermuda Triangle. Many people are convinced that some strange force is at work there that causes the mysterious disappearances. Others say that nothing unusual happens there, that natural events account for the disappearances. Who is right? Even in this age of advanced technology, no one knows. . . .
Book Synopsis Linking Science & Literacy in the K-8 Classroom by : Rowena Douglas
Download or read book Linking Science & Literacy in the K-8 Classroom written by Rowena Douglas and published by NSTA Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Avalanches & Landslides written by and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2007-01-15 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes a thrilling look at an avalanche in Washington State that buried two trains and killed ninety-six people; a landslide in Peru that sent millions of tons of rock and ice cascading at 60 mph down a mountainside, destroying villages in its path; and a mudslide in the Philippines that destroyed a village on the island of Leyte. The combination of a graphic nonfiction format with the high-interest topic of avalanches is perfect for your reluctant readers.
Download or read book Floods written by Alvin Silverstein and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Examines the science behind floods and mudslides, including what causes them, their devastating effects, and how to stay safe during a flood"--Provided by publisher.
Book Synopsis Floods, Flash Floods, and Mudslides by : G. S. Prentzas
Download or read book Floods, Flash Floods, and Mudslides written by G. S. Prentzas and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2006-01-15 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at where floods and mudslides are likely to happen and how to prepare for and survive them.
Book Synopsis Environmental Remote Sensing and Systems Analysis by : Ni-Bin Chang
Download or read book Environmental Remote Sensing and Systems Analysis written by Ni-Bin Chang and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2012-03-23 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using a systems analysis approach and extensive case studies, Environmental Remote Sensing and Systems Analysis shows how remote sensing can be used to support environmental decision making. It presents a multidisciplinary framework and the latest remote sensing tools to understand environmental impacts, management complexity, and policy implicatio
Book Synopsis The Dynamics of Disaster by : Susan W. Kieffer
Download or read book The Dynamics of Disaster written by Susan W. Kieffer and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2013-10-21 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If you are an amateur weather geek, disaster wonk, or budding student of earth sciences, you will want to read this book." —Seattle Times In 2011, there were fourteen natural calamities that each destroyed over a billion dollars’ worth of property in the United States alone. In 2012, Hurricane Sandy ravaged the East Coast and major earthquakes struck in Italy, the Philippines, Iran, and Afghanistan. In the first half of 2013, the awful drumbeat continued—a monster supertornado struck Moore, Oklahoma; a powerful earthquake shook Sichuan, China; a cyclone ravaged Queensland, Australia; massive floods inundated Jakarta, Indonesia; and the largest wildfire ever engulfed a large part of Colorado. Despite these events, we still behave as if natural disasters are outliers. Why else would we continue to build new communities near active volcanoes, on tectonically active faults, on flood plains, and in areas routinely lashed by vicious storms? A famous historian once observed that "civilization exists by geologic consent, subject to change without notice." In the pages of this unique book, leading geologist Susan W. Kieffer provides a primer on most types of natural disasters: earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, landslides, hurricanes, cyclones, and tornadoes. By taking us behind the scenes of the underlying geology that causes them, she shows why natural disasters are more common than we realize, and that their impact on us will increase as our growing population crowds us into ever more vulnerable areas. Kieffer describes how natural disasters result from "changes in state" in a geologic system, much as when water turns to steam. By understanding what causes these changes of state, we can begin to understand the dynamics of natural disasters. In the book’s concluding chapter, Kieffer outlines how we might better prepare for, and in some cases prevent, future disasters. She also calls for the creation of an organization, something akin to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention but focused on pending natural disasters.
Download or read book Landslides written by John Hamilton and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines landslides in places such as the Philippines, California, and China, and describes what causes them and how to be safe from them.
