The Tornado
The Tornado

Author: T. P. Grazulis

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780806135380

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A guide to tornado formation and lifecycle also covers such topics as forecasting, wind speeds, tornado myths, tornado safety, risks, and records, along with accounts of the deadliest tornadoes in the United States.

The Great Louisville Tornado of 1890
The Great Louisville Tornado of 1890

Author: Keven McQueen

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2016-11-07

Total Pages: 105

ISBN-13: 1614231605

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The dramatic story of a devastating natural disaster in nineteenth-century Kentucky. On March 27, 1890, a devastating storm moved over the Ohio River Valley, spawning dozens of deadly tornados. The most powerful of these twisters touched down in Louisville, carving a path of unprecedented destruction from Main Street to the end of town. In the aftermath, nearly eight hundred buildings in the city were destroyed, and over one hundred people perished. In all, the storm produced over twenty-five tornados that day, and it remains the twenty-fifth deadliest storm in US history. This book chronicles Louisville’s most violent natural disaster, with tales of harrowing rescues and rebuilding.

Thunder in the Heartland
Thunder in the Heartland

Author: Thomas W. Schmidlin

Publisher: Kent State University Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9780873385497

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Ohio can be a land of weather extremes. Bringing together data from government records, scientific studies, memoirs, diaries and newspapers, this study highlights 200 weather events from 1790 to the present which demonstrate extremes of rain, snow, storms and temperature.

The Deadliest Woman in the West
The Deadliest Woman in the West

Author: Rod Beemer

Publisher: Caxton Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 0870044559

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Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press Earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, prairie fires, lightning, and droughts tested the mettle of both native and newcomer. This is the story of man’s encounters with Mother Nature on America’s prairies and plains during nineteenth-century westward expansion and settlement.