Natural Disasters

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Smith, Dennis - San Francisco is Burning: the Untold Story of the 1906 Earthquake and Fires
(979.461 Smi) Retired firefighter Smith highlights unsung heroes such as fire Chief Dennis Sullivan killed early that day, and naval officer Freeman who was instrumental in saving the wharves and piers by vividly describing what occurred after the earthquake awakened San Franciscans.

Feldman, Jay - When the Mississippi Ran Backwards: Empire, Intrigue, Murder and the New Madrid Earthquake
(551.22Fe) Feldman explains the science of the great quake, but mainly focuses on the lives that were affected including two of Thomas Jefferson’s nephews, Lilburne and Randolph Lewis, as well as Native American leader, Tecumseh.

Larson, Erik - Isaac's Storm: a Man, a Time and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
976.413 La) Wealthy, optimistic Galveston, TX was taken unawares by the hurricane of 1900. U. S. Weather Bureau official, Isaac Cline, discounted warnings from the Cuban station about the hurricane’s approach. An estimated 8000 people were killed with unimaginable property losses.

Scotti, R. A. - Sudden Sea: the Great Hurricane of 1938
(363.34922 Sc) The hurricane first made landfall in Florida, traveled north along the Atlantic seaboard and buried Providence, R.I. under 12 feet of water. Eyewitness accounts, including one from Katherine Hepburn, describe high water, huge waves and fierce winds.

Mathis, Nancy - Storm Warning: the Story of a Killer Tornado
(551.553 Mat) On May 3, 1999 almost 70 tornadoes touched down in Oklahoma. The largest was a mile wide and recorded a record setting 300 mile per hour winds. Using eyewitness accounts, the author, herself a survivor that day, captures the fury of a tornado.

Winchester, Simon - Krakatoa: the Day the World Exploded, August 27, 1883
(551.21 Wi) “Here was the event that presaged all the debates that continue to this day about global warming, greenhouse gases, acid rain, ecological interdependence.” Krakatoa spewed debris 24 miles into the air, destroyed 150 villages and killed over 36,000 people.

Scarth, Alwyn - Vulcan's Fury: Man Against the Volcano
(551.21 Sc) The author chronicles 15 volcanic eruptions and their aftermaths from Mt. Vesuvius in 79 a.d. to Mt. Saint Helens in 1980.

Kay, Glenn - Disaster Movies
(791.436556 Kay) Two film buffs review 150 disaster movies and rate them from “Highly Recommended” to “So Bad It’s Good.”

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