Tornado alley

Tornadoes are one of the most violent, magnificent, and utterly unpredictable storms on earth, reaching estimated wind speeds of 300 mph and leaving swaths of destruction in their wake. In Tornado Alley, Howard Bluestein draws on two decades of experience chasing and photographing tornadoes across the Great Plains to present a fascinating historical account of the study of tornadoes and the great thunderstorms that spawn them. To date, no instrument designed to measure wind speed has ever survived a direct hit by a tornado. Leading scientists still conduct much of their research from the front seat of a speeding van and often contend with jammed cameras, flash floods, flying debris, and windshields smashed by hailstones. Using his own spectacular photographs, Bluestein documents the exhilaration of hair-raising encounters with as many as nine tornadoes in one day, as well as the crushing disappointment of failed expeditions and ruined equipment. Most of all, he recreates the sense of beauty, mystery, and power felt by the scientists who risk their lives to study violent storms.

המשפט הראשון: I WAS A YOUNG CHILD playing outside our house near Boston under a hazy yellow June sky in 1953 when my mother summoned me inside because a tornado had been reported in Worcester, about forty miles to the west.

שנה

1999

שפה

English

הוצאה

Oxford University Press, USA

מהדורות

1

עמודים

192

ISBN

9780195307115

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata