The Man Who Caught the Storm - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Man Who Caught the Storm write by Brantley Hargrove. This book was released on 2019-04-02. The Man Who Caught the Storm available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The saga of the greatest tornado chaser who ever lived: a tale of obsession and daring and an extraordinary account of humanity’s high-stakes race to understand nature’s fiercest phenomenon from Brantley Hargrove, “one of today’s great science writers” (The Washington Post). At the turn of the twenty-first century, the tornado was one of the last true mysteries of the modern world. It was a monster that ravaged the American heartland a thousand times each year, yet science’s every effort to divine its inner workings had ended in failure. Researchers all but gave up, until the arrival of an outsider. In a field of PhDs, Tim Samaras didn’t attend a day of college in his life. He chased storms with brilliant tools of his own invention and pushed closer to the tornado than anyone else ever dared. When he achieved what meteorologists had deemed impossible, it was as if he had snatched the fire of the gods. Yet even as he transformed the field, Samaras kept on pushing. As his ambitions grew, so did the risks. And when he finally met his match—in a faceoff against the largest tornado ever recorded—it upended everything he thought he knew. Brantley Hargrove delivers a “cinematically thrilling and scientifically wonky” (Outside) tale, chronicling the life of Tim Samaras in all its triumph and tragedy. Hargrove takes readers inside the thrill of the chase, the captivating science of tornadoes, and the remarkable character of a man who walked the line between life and death in pursuit of knowledge. The Man Who Caught the Storm is an “adrenaline rush of a tornado chase…Readers from all across the spectrum will enjoy this” (Library Journal, starred review) unforgettable exploration of obsession and the extremes of the natural world.
Into the Storm
Into the Storm - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Into the Storm write by Reed Timmer. This book was released on 2010-10-14. Into the Storm available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An eye-of-the-hurricane view of storm chasing from the star of the Discovery Channel hit series Storm Chasers. Only one in ten chases actually intercept a tornado-unless you're Reed Timmer. The thrill-seeking meteorologist and star of Storm Chasers has followed and faced down more violent tornadoes than anyone. Into the Storm brings readers into the mind of this man and his mission—collecting data on tornadoes and hurricanes that could save lives—in the terrifying, awe-inspiring world of big weather. Into the Storm is also a fascinating look at the science of weather—what causes extreme conditions, its connection to climate change, and how a tornado gets its stovepipe structure.
Storm Kings
Storm Kings - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Storm Kings write by Lee Sandlin. This book was released on 2014-03-11. Storm Kings available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. With 16 pages of black-and-white illustrations In Storm Kings, Lee Sandlin retraces America's fascination and unique relationship to tornadoes and the weather. From Ben Franklin's early experiments, to "the great storm debates" of the nineteenth century, to heartland life in the early twentieth century, Sandlin shows how tornado chasing helped foster the birth of meteorology, recreating with vivid descriptions some of the most devastating storms in America's history. Drawing on memoirs, letters, eyewitness testimonies, and numerous archives, Sandlin brings to life the forgotten characters and scientists that changed a nation and how successive generations came to understand and finally coexist with the spiraling menace that could erase lives and whole towns in an instant.
The Perfect Storm
The Perfect Storm - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Perfect Storm write by Sebastian Junger. This book was released on 1997. The Perfect Storm available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A true story of men against the sea.
Storm Warning
Storm Warning - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Storm Warning write by Nancy Mathis. This book was released on 2008-03-04. Storm Warning available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Veteran journalist Mathis has produced a compulsively readable account of one of the most terrible tornadoes in history--a mile-wide F5 twister--and the extraordinary people who kept it from becoming the deadliest.
