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- catalog abstract ""Wallace Akin was two years old when the Tri-State Tornado picked up his house--with him and his mother inside--and dropped it atop two other collapsed buildings. Across town, his father lay unconscious near his auto shop, close to death, and Akin's brother managed to crawl from beneath the collapsed shop. All survived. Many others were not as fortunate: Earlier in the afternoon, a supercell thunderstorm had spawned a tornado so deadly that it set records against which we still measure all other tornados. The storm ripped through southeast Missouri, southern Illinois and southwest Indiana, killing 695 people and wounding 2,000, in a record-breaking 219-mile, 3 1/2 hour path of destruction. Akin's hometown was the worst hit, losing 243 people to the tornado. Using first-person accounts from his family and neighbors, newspaper stories, and diaries, Akin offers a blow-by-blow account of the storm from its first sighting to its final minutes. He also attempts to explain how it began -- and how it changed his life. As a young adult, Akin realized that the weather service could have warned its victims; research on tornado prediction had ceased for no apparent reason. This, combined with his upbringing in a town traumatized by weather, led him to choose a career in geography, specializing in climate. In The Forgotten Storm, he explains in clear language why tornadoes happen and how modern man may be making these storms more severe and more frequent"--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12931442.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""Wallace Akin was two years old when the Tri-State Tornado picked up his house--with him and his mother inside--and dropped it atop two other collapsed buildings. Across town, his father lay unconscious near his auto shop, close to death, and Akin's brother managed to crawl from beneath the collapsed shop. All survived. Many others were not as fortunate: Earlier in the afternoon, a supercell thunderstorm had spawned a tornado so deadly that it set records against which we still measure all other tornados. The storm ripped through southeast Missouri, southern Illinois and southwest Indiana, killing 695 people and wounding 2,000, in a record-breaking 219-mile, 3 1/2 hour path of destruction. Akin's hometown was the worst hit, losing 243 people to the tornado. Using first-person accounts from his family and neighbors, newspaper stories, and diaries, Akin offers a blow-by-blow account of the storm from its first sighting to its final minutes. He also attempts to explain how it began -- and how it changed his life. As a young adult, Akin realized that the weather service could have warned its victims; research on tornado prediction had ceased for no apparent reason. This, combined with his upbringing in a town traumatized by weather, led him to choose a career in geography, specializing in climate. In The Forgotten Storm, he explains in clear language why tornadoes happen and how modern man may be making these storms more severe and more frequent"--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-165) and index.".
- catalog description "Without warning -- Nature sets the stage -- Touchdown in Missouri -- The crossover into Illinois -- Murphysboro -- De Soto -- West Frankfort -- Parrish and eastern Illinois -- Indiana -- The aftermath -- Other great tornadoes.".
- catalog extent "xv, 173 p., [8] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "158574607X (cover)".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press,".
- catalog spatial "Illinois".
- catalog spatial "Indiana".
- catalog spatial "Missouri".
- catalog subject "551.55/3/0977 21".
- catalog subject "QC955.5.U6 A64 2002".
- catalog subject "Tornadoes Illinois History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Tornadoes Indiana History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Tornadoes Missouri History 20th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Without warning -- Nature sets the stage -- Touchdown in Missouri -- The crossover into Illinois -- Murphysboro -- De Soto -- West Frankfort -- Parrish and eastern Illinois -- Indiana -- The aftermath -- Other great tornadoes.".
- catalog title "The forgotten storm : the great tri-state tornado of 1925 / Wallace Akin.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".