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The dust storms that terrorized America's High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since, and the stories of the people that held on have never been fully told. Pulitzer Prize-winning New York times journalist and author Timothy Egan follows a half-dozen families and their communities through the rise and fall of the region, going from sod huts to new framed houses to huddling in basements with the windows...
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Baxter family series. Standalone novels volume Prequel
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A terrible storm builds in the early morning sky over Bloomington, Indiana, as Elizabeth Baxter prepares to celebrate her daughter Karis wedding to Tim Jacobs. Its supposed to be the happiest of days, but Elizabeth cant shake a growing sense of dread. Is the storm a sign? Something bad is about to happen. Elizabeth knows it. Indeed, there are dark currents of conflict and doubt coursing through the Baxter family. In the midst of them, Kari Baxter...
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Two years have passed since the events that no one wants to think about. Everyone has tried to move on, but there's something about this place that prevents it. The residents continue to grapple with life's big questions: What is a family? What is a community? And what, if anything, are we willing to sacrifice in order to protect them? As the locals of Beartown struggle to overcome the past, great change is on the horizon. Someone is coming home after...
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 114
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1967.
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A global observational study of atmospheric conditions associated with tropical disturbance and storm development is presented.
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 124
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1968.
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Two well documented cases of tradewind disturbances are studied. One disturbance developed into Hurricane Carla (1961) while the other failed to intensify. Initially the two cases appeared to be very similar but on closer inspection the flow patterns in which the disturbances were embedded proved to have significant differences. This paper describes these differences.
14) Storm rising
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Book of the wars volume 1
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[2019]
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"Once lost, the Book of the Wars has resurfaced, holding ancient secrets--and dangers. Former Navy SEAL Leif Metcalfe is assigned to capture the text, but a Bulgarian operative snatches it, determined to secure her freedom. When a series of storms erupt, they must form an alliance to thwart disaster" --