Synopses & Reviews
CIG to Natural Disasters provides clear, concise information on the causes and effects of natural disasters: earthquakes, volcanoes, mudslides, sinkholes, tornadoes, El Nino, lightning strikes, hurricanes, floods, blizzards, droughts, insect infestations, epidemics, famines, and celestial events (meteor strikes and sunspots). The book also details where to live to experience the most -- or the least -- disasters, and discusses basic disaster preparedness.
-- Quake prediction, from seismographs to livestock prophecy!
-- Surf's up -- tsunamis (tidal waves)
-- We're not in Kansas anymore -- tornadoes' prime locations
-- Water spouts and other minor big winds
-- El Nino, from Mexico to Borneo
-- The mysterious mistral -- going crazy on the Cote d'Azur
-- Pyres, fires, and conflagrations of note
-- Frozen water -- blizzards and how to survive them
-- German cockroaches and the Teutonic plague