Author: Ivan Ray TannehillPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hurricanes
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Hurricanes, Their Nature and History, Particularly Those of the West Indies and the Southern Coasts of the United States
Author: Ivan Ray TannehillPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hurricanes
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Hurricanes, Their Nature and History
Author: Ivan Ray TannehillPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hurricanes
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Hurricanes, Their Nature and History
Author: Ivan Ray TannehillPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hurricanes
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Hurricanes
Author: Paul V. KislowPublisher: Nova Publishers
ISBN: 9781594547270
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
A hurricane is a tropical storm with winds that have reached a constant speed of 74 miles per hour or more. Hurricane winds blow in a large spiral around a relative calm centre known as the "eye." The "eye" is generally 20 to 30 miles wide, and the storm may extend outward 400 miles. As a hurricane approaches, the skies will begin to darken and winds will grow in strength. As a hurricane nears land, it can bring torrential rains, high winds, and storm surges. A single hurricane can last for more than 2 weeks over open waters and can run a path across the entire length of the eastern seaboard. August and September are peak months during the hurricane season that lasts from 1 June to 30 November. This book presents the facts and history of hurricanes.
Hurricanes of the North Atlantic
Author: James B. ElsnerPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780195125085
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
As people continue to develop coastal areas, society's liability to hurricanes will dramatically increase, regardless of changes in the environment. This book addresses these key issues, providing a detailed examination of
Climatology of Atlantic Tropical Storms and Hurricanes
Author: Mikhail Abdul-Rahim AlakaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hurricanes
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Monthly Weather Review
Author: Lowcountry Hurricanes
Author: Walter J. Fraser, Jr.Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 9780820333335
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
At once sobering and thrilling, this illustrated history recounts how, for the past three hundred years, hurricanes have altered lives and landscapes along the Georgia-South Carolina seaboard. A prime target for the fierce storms that develop in the Atlantic, the region is especially vulnerable because of its shallow, gradually sloping sea floor and low-lying coastline. With an eye on both natural and built environments, Fraser's narrative ranges from the first documented storm in 1686 to recent times in describing how the lowcountry has endured some of the severest effects of wind and water. This chronology of the most notable lowcountry storms is also a useful primer on the basics of hurricane dynamics. Fraser tells how the 800-ton Rising Sun foundered in open water near Charles Town during the hurricane of 1700. About one hundred persons were aboard. All perished. Drawing on eyewitness accounts, he describes the storm surge of an 1804 hurricane that submerged most of Tybee Island and swept over the fort on nearby Cockspur Island, drowning soldiers and civilians. Readers may have their own memories of Hurricanes Andrew, Opal, and Hugo. Although hurricanes frequently lead to significant loss of life, Fraser recounts numerous gripping instances of survival and rescue at sea and ashore. The author smoothly weaves the lowcountry's long social, political, and economic history with firsthand reports and data accumulated by the National Weather Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Generously illustrated with contemporary and historical photographs, this is a readable and informative resource on one of nature's most awesome forces.
Stormchasers: The Hurricane Hunters and Their Fateful Flight into Hurricane Janet
Author: David ToomeyPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393345297
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
Fifty years after Isaac's Storm, a riveting story of the first Hurricane Hunters, and the one crew who paid the ultimate price. "In a virtual age when tempests are monitored by global positioning and The Weather Channel, Stormchasers reminds us that our first understanding of hurricanes was directly built on the risks and sacrifices of living, breathing heroes," writes Hampton Sides (author of Ghost Soldiers). In September 1955, Navy Lieutenant Commander Grover B. Windham and a crew of eight flew out of Guantánamo Bay into the eye of Hurricane Janet swirling in the Caribbean: a routine weather reconnaissance mission from which they never returned. In the wake of World War II, the Air Force and the Navy had discovered a new civilian arena where daring pilots could test their courage and skill. These Hurricane Hunters flew into raging storms to gauge their strength and predict their paths. Without computer, global positioning, or satellite support, they relied on rudimentary radar systems to locate the hurricane's eye and estimated the drift of their aircraft by looking at windblown waves below. Drawing from Navy documents and interviews with members of the squadron and relatives of the crew, Stormchasers reconstructs the ill-fated mission of Windham's crew from preflight checks to the chilling moment of their final transmission.
National Oceanographic Program - 1965
Author: United States. Congress. House. Merchant Marine and FisheriesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description