The Complete Idiot's Guide to Natural Disasters

Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Natural Disasters written by Laura Harrison McBride and published by Alpha Computer. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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