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The Tornado

Author : John Edward Weems
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1623496152
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book The Tornado written by John Edward Weems and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tornado gives account of one of the world’s most terrifying natural disasters. Twisters have left their wake of freakish consequences throughout the United States and the world, and The Tornado vividly describes some of the most bizarre from around the country—houseboats sailing through the air; cars flown to a landing half a cornfield away; an entire house lifted and demolished, leaving only a divan holding the uninjured family. The most detailed description of a tornado and the violence it can bring comes from the author’s focus on the tragedy of one American town in 1953. John Edward Weems was an eyewitness reporter of a funnel that hit Waco, Texas, on May 11 of that year. In gripping narrative, he portrays the events of that day: a man clinging to a guard rail while a mailbox, plate glass, bricks, and assorted debris whizzed past his head; automobiles rolling end on end down the street; buildings falling like blocks knocked down by an angry child; a movie theater crumbling on the terrified patrons. When the storm had passed, 114 people were dead and hundreds injured; property damage ran in the tens of millions of dollars. Research in news reports, government weather documents, and books flesh out this account, which Pulitzer-prize winner Annie Dillard called “wonderfully exciting. It is full of people, and the thousands of details that make up their lives—and deaths. [It is] a story of enormous power.” John Banta, writing in the Waco Tribune-Herald, described it as “a gripping story of human drama and tragedy.” Kirkus Reviews said, “. . . the events still chill face to face with a power that defies reason.” Royalties from the sale of The Tornado will benefit the book fund of the Waco-McLennan County Public Library.

Hurricane and Tornado

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 074406046X
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Hurricane and Tornado written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-12-21 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Become an eyewitness to nature’s most extreme weather phenomena. See inside the eye of a cyclone, witness hailstones the size of tennis balls, and learn how a gentle mountain stream can become a raging surge within a few minutes. Discover a bridge that collapsed due to severe gusts of wind, and learn about a tree species in southwest Africa that can survive several years of drought. Along the way, you’ll uncover historical items that reveal how ancient civilizations predicted the weather as well as the weather-forecasting techniques that have developed over the centuries and how human activity can cause weather patterns to change. Loved and trusted for over 30 years, Eyewitness has a new look and even more content: • A bite-sized formula of text with images that kids love! • Fully revised and fact-checked by subject specialists • Packed with facts, infographics, statistics, and timelines • Updated with brand new eyewitness accounts from experts in the field Eyewitness Hurricane & Tornado uses a groundbreaking visual layout that makes learning fun for kids aged 9-12. With striking images, models, and illustrations, this visual guide offers a unique view of catastrophic weather conditions. From polar regions to the tropics, this storm book shows the effects of nature’s most extreme weather. Eyewitness content approved by -ologists! DK’s Eyewitness kids books are updated and fact-checked by subject specialists, with brand new first-hand eyewitness accounts throughout from experts in the field. A best-selling series known and trusted for generations, with a fresh new look and up-to-date content. What will you Eyewitness next? Join the journey to combat climate change with Eyewitness Climate Change or leave no stone left unturned with Eyewitness Rock & Mineral. Do you think you’ve found your topic of interest? DK has even more extreme weather books for kids and adults alike find them all by searching for “DK weather books”.

Tornado

Author : Betsy Byars
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062265385
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book Tornado written by Betsy Byars and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Newbery Medal-winning author Betsy Byars comes a sweet, entertaining story that will touch the heart of dog lovers at any age. A tornado appears in the distance, and the family quickly gathers into the storm cellar. The storm rages outside, but Pete, the farmhand, knows this is the perfect time to tell his stories about a dog named Tornado. Blown into their lives by a twister when Pete was a boy, Tornado was no ordinary dog—he played card tricks, saved a turtle’s life, and had a rivalry with the family cat. Forgetting their fear, the family hangs on every word of Pete’s stories—both happy and sad—of this remarkable dog.

Tornado

Author : Sharon Jennings
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1459827287
Total Pages : 75 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (598 download)

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Download or read book Tornado written by Sharon Jennings and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2021-01-19 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cam must battle extreme weather conditions to find his brother, as his already fragile family is being torn apart by secrets. When a distant storm knocks out the power at his high school, Cam and his friends head out for burgers. On their way back to pick up Cam's little brother, Peter, at the bus stop, they are caught up in the middle of a deadly tornado. Cam manages to survive and makes his way home only to discover that his house has been destroyed and his parents are locked in an argument that ends in a startling revelation. And Peter is still missing.

Tornadoes

Author : Seymour Simon
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062470345
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Tornadoes written by Seymour Simon and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this updated and revised edition of Tornadoes, award-winning science writer Seymour Simon gives readers an in-depth look at these captivating and powerful storms through fascinating facts and stunning full-color photographs. This nonfiction picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular for children ages 6 to 8. It’s a fun way to learn to read and as a supplement for activity books for children. Readers will learn all about tornadoes, from how they are first created to the destruction they leave behind. This updated edition includes: author’s note stunning full-color photographs glossary index a list of websites and additional reading sources Supports the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards.

32 Minutes in May

Author : Joplin Globe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781597253413
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (534 download)

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Download or read book 32 Minutes in May written by Joplin Globe and published by . This book was released on 2011-11 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Pictorial book that chronicles the devastation wrought by the tornado that hit the city of Joplin, Missouri and the indomitable spirit of the citizens as they recover and rebuild." --publisher website

Tornado!

Author : Judith Bloom Fradin
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1426307802
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Tornado! written by Judith Bloom Fradin and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains first-hand accounts of tornadoes in the United States, explains why and how tornadoes happen, and discusses ways to stay safe.

Tornado Weather

Author : Deborah E. Kennedy
Publisher : Flatiron Books
ISBN 13 : 1250079586
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Tornado Weather written by Deborah E. Kennedy and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Edgar Award Nominee for Best First Novel “Dark and dangerous and strange and wonderful...Kennedy writes with the gritty poetry of Daniel Woodrell and misfit sensibility of Flannery O’Connor.” —Benjamin Percy Deborah Kennedy tells the story of a five-year old girl who goes missing in a small town, a place where everyone knows something different about her disappearance and about each other. Five-year-old Daisy Gonzalez’s father is always waiting for her at the bus stop. But today, he isn’t, and Daisy disappears. When Daisy goes missing, nearly everyone in town suspects or knows something different about what happened. And they also know a lot about each other. The immigrants who work in the dairy farm know their employers’ secrets. The hairdresser knows everything except what’s happening in her own backyard. And the roadkill collector knows love and heartbreak more than anyone would ever expect. They are all connected, in ways small and profound, open and secret. By turns unsettling, dark, and wry, Kennedy’s powerful voice brings the town’s rich fabric to life. Tornado Weather is an affecting portrait of a complex and flawed cast of characters striving to find fulfillment in their lives – and Kennedy brilliantly shows that there is nothing average about an average life.

Still Life with Tornado

Author : A.S. King
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101994894
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Still Life with Tornado written by A.S. King and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartbreaking and mindbending story of a talented teenage artist's awakening to the brokenness of her family from acclaimed Printz award-winner A.S. King. Sixteen-year-old Sarah can't draw. This is a problem, because as long as she can remember, she has "done the art." She thinks she's having an existential crisis. And she might be right; she does keep running into past and future versions of herself as she wanders the urban ruins of Philadelphia. Or maybe she's finally waking up to the tornado that is her family, the tornado that six years ago sent her once-beloved older brother flying across the country for a reason she can't quite recall. After decades of staying together "for the kids" and building a family on a foundation of lies and domestic violence, Sarah's parents have reached the end. Now Sarah must come to grips with years spent sleepwalking in the ruins of their toxic marriage. As Sarah herself often observes, nothing about her pain is remotely original—and yet it still hurts. Insightful, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful, this is a vivid portrait of abuse, survival, resurgence that will linger with readers long after the last page. “Read this book, whatever your age. You may find it’s the exact shape and size of the hole in your heart.”—The New York Times “Surreal and thought-provoking.”—People Magazine ★ ”A deeply moving, frank, and compassionate exploration of trauma and resilience, filled to the brim with incisive, grounded wisdom.” —Booklist, starred review ★ ”King writes with the confidence of a tightrope walker working without a net.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review ★"[King] blurs reality, truth, violence, emotion, creativity, and art in a show of respect for YA readers."—Horn Book Magazine, starred review ★ “King’s brilliance, artistry, and originality as an author shine through in this thought-provoking work. […] An unforgettable experience.” SLJ, starred review

The Tornado

Author : Jake Burt
Publisher : Feiwel & Friends
ISBN 13 : 1250168635
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book The Tornado written by Jake Burt and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of the best stories about bullying for middle grades. Highly recommended."--School Library Journal, starred review Bell Kirby is an expert at systems, whether he’s designing the world’s most elaborate habitat for his pet chinchilla, re-creating Leonardo da Vinci’s greatest inventions in his garage, or avoiding Parker Hellickson, the most diabolical bully Village Green Elementary has ever seen. Since third grade, Parker has tormented Bell, who’s spent two long years devising a finely tuned system that keeps him out of Parker’s way. Sure, it means that Bell can’t get a drink when he wants to, can’t play with his best friend on the playground, and can’t tell his parents about his day, but at least he’s safe. Until Daelynn Gower touches down in his classroom like a tornado. Bell’s not sure why the new girl, with her rainbow hair, wild clothes, and strange habits, is drawn to him, but he knows one thing--she means trouble. It’s bad enough that she disrupts Bell’s secret system, but when Daelynn becomes the bully’s new target, Bell is forced to make an impossible decision: Finally stand up to Parker. . . Or join him.

Texas Tornado

Author : Louise Ballerstedt Raggio
Publisher : Citadel Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806524528
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (245 download)

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Download or read book Texas Tornado written by Louise Ballerstedt Raggio and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - The authors received the 2004 Susan B. Anthony Award, given by the First United Methodist Church Council on the Status and Role of Women

Introduction to Tornado

Author : Michael Dory
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN 13 : 1449333974
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (493 download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Tornado written by Michael Dory and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2012-03-19 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walk through the basics of Tornado, the high-performance web server known for its speed, simplicity, and scalability on projects large and small. With this hands-on guide, you’ll learn how to use Tornado’s acclaimed features by working with several example applications. You also get best practices for using Tornado in the real world. Are you interested in creating a scalable social application, real-time analytics engine, or RESTful API—all with the power and simplicity of Python? This book shows you why Tornado is fantastic choice for writing powerful applications that are simple to create, extend, and deploy. Learn how to use Tornado’s lightweight and flexible templating language Extend templates to repurpose headers, footers, layout grids, and other content Use persistent storage like MongoDB to store, serve, and edit dynamic content Explore Tornado’s ability to make asynchronous web requests Secure your application against cookie and request vulnerabilities Authenticate with external services, using Tornado’s auth module Adopt deployment strategies that help harden your application and increase request throughput

Tornado Alley

Author : Howard B. Bluestein
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195307115
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Tornado Alley written by Howard B. Bluestein and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2006 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For scientists, amateur weather enthusiasts, or anyone intrigued or terrified by a darkening sky, this book provides not only a history of tornado research, but a vivid look into the origin of the storms. 67 color illustrations.

How to Make a Tornado

Author : New Scientist
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1473651190
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (736 download)

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Download or read book How to Make a Tornado written by New Scientist and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science tells us grand things about the universe: how fast light travels, and why stones fall to earth. But scientific endeavour goes far beyond these obvious foundations. There are some fields we don't often hear about because they are so specialised, or turn out to be dead ends. Yet researchers have given hallucinogenic drugs to blind people (seriously), tried to weigh the soul as it departs the body and planned to blast a new Panama Canal with atomic weapons. Real scientific breakthroughs sometimes come out of the most surprising and unpromising work. How to Make a Tornado is about the margins of science - not the research down tried-and-tested routes, but some of its zanier and more brilliant by-ways. Investigating everything from what it's like to die, to exploding trousers and recycled urine, this book is a reminder that science is intensely creative and often very amusing - and when their minds run free, scientists can fire the imagination like nobody else.

How to Survive a Tornado

Author : Michael Martin
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1429622784
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book How to Survive a Tornado written by Michael Martin and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2009 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uprooted trees. Houses in piles of rubble. A strong tornado can leave a path of destruction miles long. Will you know what to do if one heads your way? Whether you're in a car, at school, or in a mobile home, you'll find out how to stay safe in How to Survive a Tornado.

Tornadoes! (Third Edition)

Author : Gail Gibbons
Publisher : Holiday House
ISBN 13 : 0823458075
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book Tornadoes! (Third Edition) written by Gail Gibbons and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What in the world is a tornado? In this age of extreme weather, this newly updated edition of Gail Gibbons' informative introduction to tornadoes, with safety tips included, answers that question. Tornadoes form when hot, humid air rises from the ground and meets with the cooler, denser air that is falling back to Earth. The two airstreams begin to swirl, pulling in more and more air to form a funnel-shaped cloud. The winds can swirl faster than 261 miles per hour! Newly revised and vetted by weather experts, Tornadoes is an accessible introduction to this fascinating phenomenon. Using her praised combination of clear text and detailed illustrations, Gail Gibbons shares more than fifty tornado facts. . . . including how tornadoes form, the scale used for classifying them, and the safest places to go in case one should happen near you. Includes updated information on the affects climate change on extreme weather and the increase of tornado activity in the American South. Featuring simple, kid-friendly text, colorful paintings, and well-labeled diagrams, Gail Gibbons' nonfiction titles have been called "staples of any collection" (Kirkus Reviews) and offer clear, accessible introductions to complex topics for young readers beginning to explore the world.

Economic and Societal Impacts of Tornadoes

Author : Kevin Simmons
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1935704028
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (357 download)

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Download or read book Economic and Societal Impacts of Tornadoes written by Kevin Simmons and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-01-22 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For almost a decade, economists Kevin M. Simmons and Daniel Sutter have been studying the economic effects and social consequences of the approximately 1,200 tornadoes that touch down across the United States annually. During this time, they have compiled information from sources such as NOAA and the U.S. Census Bureau to examine the casualties caused by tornadoes and to evaluate the National Weather Service (NWS)’s efforts to reduce these casualties. Their unique database has enabled this fascinating and game-changing study for meteorologists, social scientists, emergency managers, and everyone studying severe weather, policy, disaster management, or applied economics.