The Coming Storm: Extreme Weather and Our Terrifying Future

Reiss, Bob

ISBN 10: 0786866659 / ISBN 13: 9780786866656

Published by Hyperion, New York, 2001

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viii, 323 p. Index. This text surveys the last 10 years of the Earth's most extreme weather activity and speculates on its source as well as what the future has in store. "If you think the world's weather catastrophes are becoming more frequent and more powerful, you're right. Ten of the last eleven years have been the hottest on record, and in just five of those years, the U.S. suffered two "hurricanes of the century, " at least two "floods of the century, " and one "drought of the century. " Is this a coincidence, or is the way we live wreaking havoc on our weather? Journalist Bob Reiss shares America's growing fascination with the phenomenon of extreme weather, painting an ominous forecast for the twenty-first century. " First edition. First edition stated. First printing stated.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Coming Storm: Extreme Weather and Our Terrifying Future
• Publisher: Hyperion, New York
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0786866659
• ISBN 13: 9780786866656
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very good
• Dust Jacket Condition: very good

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Synopsis

Tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, heat wavesacts of God or the results of mans actions To answer that question, this riveting book places readers in the eye of todays deadliest storms. If you think the worlds weather catastrophes are becoming more frequent and more powerful, youre right. Ten of the last eleven years have been the hottest on record, filled with dozens of record-breaking hurricanes, floods, and droughts. Is this a coincidence, or is our civilization wreaking havoc on global weather Journalist Bob Reiss shares North Americas growing fascinationand concernwith the phenomenon of extreme weather, a series of interlocking human stories that together create an ominous forecast for the twenty-first century. The Coming Storm presents a frightening, enlightening, and fascinating portrait of an ecosystem off track.

About the Author

Bob Reiss is a former Chicago Tribune reporter who has written for The Washington Post, Outside, Parade, Smithsonian, GQ, and Rolling Stone.