Same Weather — Only More So!
Getting Ready for Whatever Happens Next
Chapter 14: Taking Care of the Air
Polluting the Air
The Hole in the Sky
The Big Warm
9 Part 5: The Special Effects Chapter 15: Up in the Sky! Look! Seeing the Light In Living Color Why the Sky Is Blue Reflecting on Clouds Silver Linings Blue Haze Sunbeams Sunrise, Sunset The Green Flash Rainbows Haloes Sun Dogs Sun Pillars Coronas Glories Mirages Twinkle, Twinkle Little Air Auroras Chapter 16: Tools of the Trade Galileo and the Boys Early American Weathermen The Weather Forecasting Toolbox Chapter 17: Try This at Home You’re Not Just an Amateur Watching Your Weather Getting Fancy Cool Weather Experiments
10 Part 6: The Part of Tens Chapter 18: Ten (or So) Most Deadly World Weather Disasters Droughts Heatwaves Floods Typhoons, Cyclones, and Hurricanes Winter Storms Pollution Chapter 19: Ten Weatherwise Critters Cats Dogs Frogs Ants Birds Caterpillars Squirrels Groundhog Livestock Fish Chapter 20: Ten Grand Old Weather Proverbs Red Sky at Night, Sailor’s Delight … Clear Moon, Frost Soon Early Thunder, Early Spring After Frost, Warm … Mare’s Tails and Mackerel Scales … Rainbow in the Morning … When Halo Rings the Moon … Rain Long Foretold … A Year of Snow, a Year of Plenty In Like a Lion and Out Like a Lamb
11 Appendix: Internet Resource Directory Government Websites University Websites Special Resources Commercial Websites Mobile Weather Apps
12 Index
List of Tables
1 Chapter 7TABLE 7-1 Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale
2 Chapter 9TABLE 9-1 Interpreting the Enhanced Fujita Scale
