Twisters and Other Terrible Storms (Magic Tree House Rsrch Gdes(R))

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What causes the earth’s weather? How do twisters form? What are the deadliest storms on earth? Find out the answers to these questions and more in Magic Tree House Research Guide: Twisters and Other Terrible Storms, Jack and Annie’s guide to nature’s wildest weather. Includes photographs, definitions, an index, information on twisters, hurricanes, blizzards, forecasting the weather, storm chasers, and much more!

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The Children's Blizzard
A Fascinating Tale
a moving tribute to victims combined with history and science
Read It In January
mother nature's wrath

The Children's Blizzard (P.S.)
David Laskin
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0060520760
Release Date: 2005-10-11

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Thousands of impoverished Northern European immigrants were promised that the prairie offered "land, freedom, and hope." The disastrous blizzard of 1888 revealed that their free homestead was not a paradise but a hard, unforgiving place governed by natural forces they neither understood nor controlled, and America's heartland would never be the same.

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

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The Children's Blizzard.......2007-09-09

If you like history and weather and pioneers, this is the book for you. A lot of my historical society friends read this after I recommended it and they all felt they learned a lot and appreciated the author's attention to detail. A little advance warning and knowledge about weather fronts could have prevented quite a few deaths. Most of the towns must have had a telegraph and some of the townspeople could have spread the word, but it didn't happen. As a result, children died.
Excellent writing and research!

A Fascinating Tale.......2007-07-24

David Laskin brings the subject to life with his well-researched personal stories. I highly recommend this book.

a moving tribute to victims combined with history and science.......2007-05-29

Mr. Laskin builds the story slowly by telling us the history of a number of immigrant families whose blizzard experience forms the core of the story. We learn of their hardships in traveling to the US and earlier hardships they faced on the midwest prairies. He gives the background of the Signal Corps that was charged with weather reporting and forcasting and the politics that affected their structure. He also explains weather phenomena and terminology as it was known then and now.

He reveals how the mild weather before the blizzard lulled many people into going outside and permitting their children to walk to rural schools.

The speed and intensity of the blizzard was astounding and he vividly describes the impact on people and the uncertainty they faced: do we try to get home or wait it out where we are? When the blizzard ended, the searching began and he describes how hard it was to find the lost victims -- in some cases it took 5 days to locate people that were buried in drifts just a few hundred feet from a pioneer home.

Added to the actual stories and histories of some victims, he also describes in detail how hypothermia affects the mind and the body.

It is a moving story that brings out the harsh existence and the tragedy that these settlers faced.

Read It In January.......2007-05-01

I'm nuts about gripping non-fiction. This book is a freaking gem. The blizzard took place in 1888 and killed hundreds. The book covers the immigrants who settled the plane states, this part is interesting to me because I'm from the Midwest. I know nothing about weather forcasting but I learned more about weather from this book than I have in my life. He descibes the body's response to cold weather too and that is pretty interesting. The description of the blizzard is brutal and you could read this book in Mexico in July and it would make you shiver.

mother nature's wrath.......2007-04-20

After reading this account of a great tragedy, I can't help but think about what these early settlers endured. I find myself thinking about this book everytime I complain because there's a little snow on my walkway!! Very compelling and detailed telling of a sad story.

Blizzard: The Storm That Changed America

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Just for Kids
Blizzard! A Great Read!
The Great Blizzard
An insightful, lively account of another "perfect" storm.

Blizzard: The Storm That Changed America
Jim Murphy
Manufacturer: Scholastic
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Binding: Hardcover

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Just for Kids.......2006-06-26

I felt the story was pretty mundane and written for the 10 to 14 yr old audience. The pictures were mostly all drawings. The story was rather repetitious memories of people who actually lived and recorded their memories of the storm......but how much can you say about a snow storm that isn't repeated over and over again. Young people might find the book interesting, but I thought it was pretty dry. My 15 year old thought it was just OK.

Blizzard! A Great Read!.......2004-07-22

Jim Murphy has written a fascinating and captivating account of the storm that hit the northern east coast of the United States in March, 1888. At the end of one of the mildest winters in the East, two storms coming from different directions combined to create an unexpected storm, with high winds and freezing snow that devastated the northeast. The story focuses mostly on the effects of the storm in New York City, where all public transportation came to a standstill, and the storm virtually shut down the city. The snow was so deep and the winds so strong that the trains were actually buried in the snow, trapping the passengers inside. Most businesses were closed down because people could not get to their jobs. Those who did venture outside risked their lives in the freezing temperatures. The storm lasted for two days, and an estimated 800 people died in New York City alone.

This is a well-written, and interesting book. Authentic photographs are included, which enchance the narrative. Jim Murphy is an outstanding writer of Young Adult nonfiction. The events of the "great blizzard" come to life in this book.

The Great Blizzard.......2004-05-25

Do you think non-fiction books can't be good? Well your wrong. Blizzard is a really good non-fiction book. It is about the blizzard of 1888. The storm caught most people by surprise because it was unusually warm on March 10, 1888. There was a storm system coming from the North and one coming from the South. The one in the North went along the Canadian border then started to swooped down. The one coming from the South went along the Gulf of Mexico,and then went South some then started to go North. People were in panic. They lost alot of people March 11, 1888. For example, people looking for the subway would get lost and not be able to be found. If they were found they had already died of freezing, being burried, or starving. Two little boys heading out to find their grandmas house got lost then were found not long after burried but still alive. And another example is two tugboats crashed into each other. Most of the people in that accident lived but some died. This is a good book for all age levels.

An insightful, lively account of another "perfect" storm........2000-12-27

Acclaimed historian Murphy shows how a devastating 1888 blizzard not only shut down our northeastern states for days, but radically altered the way Americans live; its repercussions are being felt even today. He illustrates how political corruption, ineptitude, and contemporary social attitudes exacerbated the storm's fallout. Using carefully chosen excerpts from survivors' personal accounts, he also gives us a vivid feel for what life was like then for immigrants, women moving into the workplace, and others who had to struggle to survive everyday. He employs an interesting mix of graphics to further illustrate his story. Junior high school students who believe history is boring may think differently after reading this; it should also appeal to readers interested in natural disasters, and in social histories. Here's another winner from the author whose "The Great Fire" brought Chicago's infamous conflagration so brilliantly to life.

Storm of the Century: New England's Great Blizzard of 1978

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Amazing!
Great Account of the Blizzard of '78
It Changed the Way We Lived Our LIves

Storm of the Century: New England's Great Blizzard of 1978
Christopher J. Haraden
Manufacturer: Times Square Books
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ASIN: 0972784500

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The most comprehensive account of the Great Blizzard of 1978 in New England, this book contains more than 130 dramatic photos from all across the region. Pictures range from the devastating flooding along the coast to the mountains of snow that paralyzed inland communities, including the 3,500 vehicles stranded on Route 128.

The record-setting storm's impact on the area is explored through first-hand accounts from survivors, relief workers and former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, among others.

Painstakingly researched and profusely illustrated, this book will stir memories of those who lived through the storm and will educate those too young to remember it.

A portion of the proceeds from the sale of "Storm of the Century" will be donated to the Fort Revere Park & Preservation Society, a non-profit organization that supports the Fort Revere historic site and military history museum overlooking Boston Harbor in Hull, Mass.

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Amazing!.......2005-12-01

I did not live through the great blizzard of 78 but my father did and he is pictured on the front cover of the book as the man on phone booth so how much better could this book get?

Great Account of the Blizzard of '78.......2005-08-11

As someone who survived the drive home at the height of the storm, I enjoy all accounts of the stories of hardship and friendship during the event. This account concentrates much of the narration on the horrendous destruction of the Massachusetts coastline and its residents--the photos alone will make you pause.

My complaint is not directed to Haraden: both books I have about the blizzard concern the effects in Massachusetts. How about a blizzard book from the RI POV? Anyone?

It Changed the Way We Lived Our LIves.......2003-10-11

Tragedies of national significance can remain etched in the human psyche for an entire lifetime. Pearl Harbor, the Kennedy assassination, the Challenger disaster, September 11, the Columbia disintegration, and even the front line footage of the war in Iraq act as memory triggers for those who experienced them through the newspaper, radio, television or internet, not to mention those men, women and children who had the misfortune of witnessing them in person.
Tragedies of a regional or local nature can have the same effect. The only major difference is the number of people who share the memories. While almost any of the nearly three hundred million Americans around on September 11 can today meet in any coffee shop, health club or on any street corner in the nation and share their experiences of "where they were when they heard," much smaller segments of society can trade stories of localized tales like famous fires or powerful storms.
New England has reluctantly hosted many such events, from the opening days of the American Revolution onward. And although the impact of the event has been lost since the last living witness passed on, one can almost imagine the feelings of insecurity that must have run through the streets of Boston as British regulars and Colonial troops fired upon each other in pitched battles in and around the city.
A coastal region like New England is impacted most severely by the forces of Mother Nature, strong winds, surging seas, and heavy snows. The great gales of the past grow less significant to modern memory as time passes, but events such as the Minot's Light Gale of April 16, 1851, the Portland Gale of 1898, the Hurricane of 1938, and Hurricane Carol of 1954, to name just a few examples, all tested the residents of New England to their limits, and stayed in the minds of their survivors long after the last gust of wind had dissipated.
When anyone over the age of thirty who has lived in southern New England for their entire life is asked about the most significant natural event he or she can remember, without a doubt the answer will involve memories of the Blizzard of 1978.
Christopher Haraden of Hull, Massachusetts, was just seven years old when the storm simply known to its survivors as "The Blizzard" struck New England. He remembers listening to radio stations rerunning summer weather reports at the height of the storm as a diversion to the mayhem outside his windows, helping his father in the town's emergency relief efforts, and wondering innocently why families at the relief center wouldn't just simply go home days after the storm had ended. He later learned just how many families had no homes to go home to.
Although his career path took him well away from local news as he grew up, after becoming the youngest person in the history of the state of Massachusetts to serve on a local historical commission and working as editor of the Hull Times, those memories lingered as he moved through life. After whetting his appetite by contributing to the production of a book on the history of his hometown, as the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Blizzard of 1978 approached, he decided to combine his research, writing and interviewing skills and publish his first solo-authored book, Storm of the Century: New England's Great Blizzard of 1978.
"The Blizzard changed the way that people lived on the South Shore of Massachusetts," he said in a recent interview.
But Storm of the Century is not just about the South Shore. "It could have been. There's no doubt that an entire book could have been written specifically about the impact the Blizzard had on Hull and Scituate alone. In fact, the recovery story in Hull was one of the larger stories of the entire history of the storm. And so much more could be written about how it changed specific neighborhoods. My intention was to tell the story of the entire storm from beginning to end across the entire northeast region."
And although the title may seem cliche, as writers over the course of time have resorted to such superlatives all too frequently and easily in search of sales, Haraden deftly lays out his rationale for its use in a well-researched and presented opening chapter on the science of the storm, proving that the Blizzard dumped more snow on Boston than any other storm in recorded history. "We've had a lot of snow from some storms, and we've had a lot of flooding, but we've never had both come together like we did in February 1978," he said. Twenty-seven inches of snow and tides two and a half feet above normal combined to create New England's storm of the century, a meteorological disaster that claimed more than fifty lives before it was over.
Comparisons will inevitably arise, as well they should, to other storms. Historians may argue that the Portland Gale was more destructive and caused more hardship. Differences arise, though, that make comparisons difficult to rely on. Were people more apt to be affected by the cold during the Blizzard of 1978? In 1898, people along the New England coast were lucky to even have an electric light in their bedroom, never mind electric heat. Their heat came from wood and coal stoves, and due to the appalling number of ships that wrecked during the storm, driftwood and lost cargoes of coal washed ashore for months as renewable, free heat sources. Folks that lost their electric heat during the Blizzard faced the possibility of freezing to death. The argument could be made, therefore, that the Blizzard, because of New Englanders' increasing reliance on new technologies that failed during the storm, was for the region the most devastating storm in its entire history.
Thoroughly illustrated with photos gathered from the Army Corps of Engineers, various New England newspapers, the National Archives and private collections, Haraden's recounting of the storm vividly portrays Mother Nature at her worst and the people of New England at their best, as they pull together to survive one of the most destructive natural events in the region's history. The stories of the Blizzard of 1978 will fade from living memory as with the storms that came before. Haraden's book has caught its fury for all time.

All Hell Broke Loose: Experiences of Young People During the Armistice Day 1940 Blizzard

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Awesome Power of Nature!
Fascinating book

All Hell Broke Loose: Experiences of Young People During the Armistice Day 1940 Blizzard
William H. Hull
Manufacturer: Thunder Bay Press
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Awesome Power of Nature!.......2005-08-14

This book will stay in your memory for years! I keep a copy near me and often relate a story or two from it. There are lots of stories from people from all walks of life in Minneapolis and surrounding communities. Many towns and farms and places are described. If you live around here, you will recognize many of the places.

The stories that touched me the most had to do with the rural farmers - some readily accepted stranded guests and some did so reluctantly. Many risked their lives in saving people. Some people were prepared for the blizzard, but most were not. Some were struck with tragedy, and some with a lot of good luck!

It is fun to relate to your children some of the hardships that people in the 1940's had to go through during the winter back then and they might like to hear some of these stories during a rare "snow day" that we have now and again here in Minnesota!

Fascinating book.......2002-02-11

I highly recommend this book. I picked it up at my grandparents' house and couldn't put it down. It tells the personal accounts of a devastating, unexpected Minnesota blizzard that caught hundreds of hunters out on what was expected to be a beautiful, mild Indian summer day. The details are memorable: women caught wearing sandals in the snow, people taking hours to walk 2 blocks, and more. This book is one of those valuable record-keepers of Minnesota history. Thanks to the publisher for publishing it.

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The Blizzard Disaster - Sci-Fi or Historical Fiction?
It was great!
I couldn't put the book down!
The Blizzerd Disaster is a very exiting book!
I love the instant commuter!

The BLIZZARD DISASTER (FRIGHTMARES)
Peg Kehret
Manufacturer: Aladdin
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The Blizzard Disaster - Sci-Fi or Historical Fiction?.......2001-04-11

This book is science fiction, yet the time travelers from 1998 do not interact with the historical characters from 1940 Minnesota until the last two of the 15 chapter in the book. Nearly 3/4 of the text describes the Armistice Day Blizzard of 1940. How can the time travelers save 4-year-old Ellie without and make it back to their own homes? One of the family workhorses has gone blind. Father thinks the horse needs to be put down, but is this the best alternative for a horse that has lots of horse-sense? Overall, a great depiction of some of the stuggles encountered in one of the coldest natural disasters - a blizzard.

It was great!.......2000-09-04

It had a lot of action in it and kept my attention. I liked how Pansy the horse led Janet home even though it was blind. I felt like I was actually there! Read this book...it is great!

I couldn't put the book down!.......1998-11-11

I like The Blizzard Disaster because of the character, Wonderful. I couldn't put the book down! It was so good! I recommend it.It is kind of a Mystery. Read it today!

The Blizzerd Disaster is a very exiting book!.......1998-11-11

The Blizzard Diaster is a very exiting book! Ellie has a big sister named Janis.They both get lost in a blizzard.Read to find out if they survive!

I love the instant commuter!.......1998-11-11

This book is very interesting.Did you know it takes you back in time? Blizzard Disaster is a long book.I love long books.I like spellbinding books.In fact I couldn't even put Blizzard Disaster down!

Disaster in the Yukon (AirQuest Adventures)

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Disaster in the Yukon (AirQuest Adventures)
Jerry B. Jenkins
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Dust Bowl!: The 1930s Black Blizzards (X-Treme Disasters That Changed America)

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Dust Bowl!: The 1930s Black Blizzards (X-Treme Disasters That Changed America)
Richard H. Levey
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Blizzard
Jim Murphy
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ASIN: 0590673106

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Snow began falling over New York City on March 12, 1888. All around town, people struggled along slippery streets and sidewalks -- some seeking the warmth of their homes, some to get to work or to care for the less fortunate, and some to experience what they assumed would be the last little snowfall of one of the warmest winters on record. What no one realized was that in a very few hours, the wind and snow would bury the city in nearly 21 inches of snow and bring it to a ferocious standstill.

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The Children's Blizzard
David Laskin
Manufacturer: Harper Collins Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 073945367X

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