Search Results: Returned 16 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 16
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-- Big 1s[2018]., Doubleday Call No: EARTH NF JON Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An exploration of the influence of natural disasters on cities, politics, economics, and other aspects oflife.
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-- Catastrophic events of the two thousands[2014], Adolescent, ReferencePoint Press Call No: 363.34 BLO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Decade of the 2000sSummary Note: Text and photographs look at some of the disasters of the twenty-first century.
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1998., Facts On File Call No: 551.5 ALLABY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents an overview of hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts, blizzards, floods, and other types of dangerous weather; provides a time line of catastrophic weather events from c. 3200 B.C. to 1997; features a chronology of meteorological discovery; and includes weather experiments that may be performed at home.
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2004, Facts on File Call No: 363.34 92 09 Edition: Rev. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Dangerous weatherSummary Note: Chronicles the history of dangerous weather events; includes a timeline of catastrophic events; and records meteorological discoveries, inventions, and the individuals associated with them.
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c1998., Facts on File Call No: 551.5 All Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Dangerous weatherSummary Note: Presents an overview of hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts, blizzards, floods, and other types of dangerous weather; provides a time line of catastrophic weather events from c. 3200 B.C. to 1997; features a chronology of meteorological discovery; and includes weather experiments that may be performed at home.
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1993,c1991, Juvenile, Puffin Call No: HIS FIC GRO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Once upon AmericaSummary Note: When a cheaply constructed dam bursts, Christina and her family struggle to escape the floodwater.
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2018., Juvenile, Nomad Press Call No: 904 CUMMINGS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Series Title: Mystery & mayhemSummary Note: Collects a number of true stories about natural disasters involving wind, earth, rain, and fire, often made worse by human error, greed, or ignorance.
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2005., WGBH Boston Video Call No: DVD 551.5 HUR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: ScienceSummary Note: Featuring eyewitness testimony, NOVA takes an in-depth look at what made Hurricane Katrina so deadly and analyzes how, despite technically sophisticated flood and storm defenses, this event has resulted in unprecedented destruction for the Gulf Coast.
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[2014]., Juvenile, Scholastic Inc. Call No: F Tar (SER) Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "From the author of the New York Times-bestselling I Survived series come five harrowing true stories of survival, featuring real kids in the midst of epic disasters. From a group of students surviving the 9.0 earthquake that set off a historic tsunami in Japan, to a boy nearly frozen on the prairie in 1888, these unforgettable kids lived to tell tales of unimaginable destruction -- and, against all odds, survival. Read their incredible stories: The Children's Blizzard, 1888 The Titanic Disaster, 1912 The Great Boston Molasses Flood, 1919 The Japanese Tsunami, 2011 The Henryville Tornado, 2012"--
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-- Five epic disasters[2014]., Scholastic Inc Call No: 363.34092 53 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: I survived : true storiesSummary Note: "From the author of the New York Times-bestselling I Survived series come five harrowing true stories of survival, featuring real kids in the midst of epic disasters. From a group of students surviving the 9.0 earthquake that set off a historic tsunami in Japan, to a boy nearly frozen on the prairie in 1888, these unforgettable kids lived to tell tales of unimaginable destruction -- and, against all odds, survival. Read their incredible stories: The Children's Blizzard, 1888 The Titanic Disaster, 1912 The Great Boston Molasses Flood, 1919 The Japanese Tsunami, 2011 The Henryville Tornado, 2012"--
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[2015], Lucent Books Call No: 363.34 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Hot topicsSummary Note: "This book will provide background natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, and tornados. It will explain how these natural events occur and what have been the most significant events during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The title will also look at the emergency response actions that were taken as a result of the disasters and what actions were taken ahead of disasters to prevent loss of life and limit damage to property"--Provided by publisher.
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Call No: 363.34 HIL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Hot topicsSummary Note: "This book will provide background natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, and tornados. It will explain how these natural events occur and what have been the most significant events during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The title will also look at the emergency response actions that were taken as a result of the disasters and what actions were taken ahead of disasters to prevent loss of life and limit damage to property"--Provided by publisher.
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1997., W.W. Norton & Company Call No: 974.45 JUN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Creating waves ten stories high and winds of 120 miles an hour the perfect storm whipped the sea to inconceivable levels few people on earth have ever witnessed.
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2009., W.W. Norton & Company Call No: Class Set FIC JUN Availability:11 of 11 At Location(s) Summary Note: The incredible true account of the most extraordinary storm of the 20th century, this is the story of a tempest born from so rare a combination of factors it was deemed "perfect" and of the doomed fishing boat with her crew of six that was helpless in the midst of a force beyond comprehension.
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2013., Pegasus Books Call No: AMERICAN HISTORY NF WIL Edition: 1st Pegasus Books cloth ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents a history of the widespread flooding that occured on March 23, 1913, along the Ohio River Valley and into fourteen other states, that began with a dozen tornadoes and killed more than seven hundred people.
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c2009., Rosen Pub. Call No: 363.34 McN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: World's worst-- from innovations to disastersSummary Note: Describes a number of the world's worst disasters throughout history, and provides brief accounts of the Cretan tsunami of 1650 BCE, the Black Death, the fire in London, the Irish Potato Famine, the attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001, and other related events.
