Skies of Fury: Weather Weirdness Around the World

by Patricia Barnes-Svarney and Thomas E Svarney

Book Overview

The skies aren't friendly anymore
Sweltering heat waves. Bone-chilling blizzards. Ferocious winds. Mighty peculiar weather we've been having, isn't it? Well, scientists predict that climate trends are only going to get stranger in the future. And in Skies of Fury, top science writers Patricia Barnes-Svarney and Thomas E. Svarney take you around the world, bringing you face-to-face with the eye of the storm, explaining the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684850001
• ISBN13: 9780684850009
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Touchstone Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful -- Full of Information, yet Easy to Understand

This book has wonderful explanations of our weather. It is presented in very easily understood manner, yet doesn't talk down to you. Gives lots of weather tidbits and info. Totally enjoyable.

Interesting Mix of Information and Trivia

This book does a very good job at getting basic weather information out to the layperson. As a student majoring in Meteorology, I can also vouch for the fact that it will still hold the attention of those with more education on the subject. It also has many sidebars which relay interesting facts and tidbits about the wonders of weather. I recommend this book to anyone who has a love of Meteorology and wants to kow more.