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There are few thrills as exciting as weather at its worst. We often hear on the news that the day was the hottest, coldest, wettest, or snowiest on record. Is the climate really becoming more extreme as a result of global warming? The facts are in this book. Extensively illustrated with colour photographs of some of the most extreme weather ever captured on camera, more than fifty colour maps, and tables of weather records for over three hundred U.S. cities, this book is both an entertainment and an indispensable reference. Also included are historical examples of some of the more bizarre weather events observed: heat bursts, electrified dust storms, snow rollers, pink snowstorms, luminous tornadoes, falls of fish and toads, ball lightning, super bolts, and other strange meteorological events. Here's the must-have book for Weather Channel and Guinness Book of World Records fans.

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This is an ideal book for armchair travellers... The Times The writings of the 19th century pioneers survive, and Dead Reckoning is an excellent introduction. Mike Higgins and Robin Barton, Independent on Sunday, Christmas Books Dead Reckoning is an easy train journey sort of read. Fergus Fleming, The Times Literary Supplement

"""This is an ideal book for armchair travellers..."" The Times ""The writings of the 19th century pioneers survive, and Dead Reckoning is an excellent introduction."" Mike Higgins and Robin Barton, Independent on Sunday, Christmas Books ""Dead Reckoning is an easy train journey sort of read."" Fergus Fleming, The Times Literary Supplement"

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Helen Whybrow lives in Waitsfield, Vermont. Her other collections include Our Land, Ourselves: Readings on People and Place.

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