Hunting Nature's Fury
Wilderness Press (Verlag)
978-0-89997-511-5 (ISBN)
Each year, at least 1,200 tornadoes batter the United States. While most occur in Tornado Alley--a vast, weather-beaten swath of middle America-in truth, tornadoes can occur almost anywhere. And where there are tornadoes, there are storm chasers. They come in all shapes and sizes, from hobbyists to researchers to professional chasers. There is one, however, who stands well above the rest: Roger Hill. Hunting Nature's Fury tells the story of Roger Hill and his love affair with storm chasing, taking you on a suspenseful and dramatic ride across the Great Plains, into the Deep South, even into the eyes of such recent hurricanes as Katrina. You'll accompany Hill as he braves close calls, makes history, and gains insight into the science of severe weather. This is a story of a storm chaser obsessed with the storms that almost killed him; of resiliency in the face of disaster; and of humility in the presence of the awesome power of nature. Includes eight color pages of jaw-dropping photos taken by Hill showing many of the storms chronicled in the book.
As a professional storm chaser, Hill has witnessed some 400 tornadoes and hurricanes in his lifetime and has captured them on film for every major TV network, plus National Geographic, The Weather Channel, The Discovery Channel, and The Learning Channel. He is co-owner of Silver Lining Tours, America's leading storm-chasing tour company. Peter Bronski is the author of At the Mercy of the Mountains: True Stories of Survival and Tragedy in New York's Adirondacks and the Wilderness Press guide Powder Ghost Towns: Epic Backcountry Runs in Colorado's Lost Ski Resorts.
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Chapter One: A Boyhood Fascination
Chapter Two: The Science of Tornado Genesis
Chapter Three: A Storm Chaser Is Born
Chapter Four: Work and Play Collide
Chapter Five: Tornado Therapy
Chapter Six: Too Close for Comfort
Chapter Seven: Lost and Found
Chapter Eight: We’re Gonna Die!
Chapter Nine: Probe Launch
Chapter Ten: The Streak
Chapter Eleven: Katrina
Chapter Twelve: Close to Home
Chapter Thirteen: A Long, Rewarding Journey
Chapter Fourteen: March Madness
Chapter Fifteen: Supertyphoon
Epilogue
Glossary of Weather Terms
Bibliography
About the Authors
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 22.10.2009 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Color photographs |
| Verlagsort | Berkeley |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 139 x 215 mm |
| Gewicht | 283 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Meteorologie / Klimatologie |
| ISBN-10 | 0-89997-511-9 / 0899975119 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-89997-511-5 / 9780899975115 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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