Freaks of the Storm: From Flying Cows to Stealing Thunder. The World's Strangest True Weather Stories.FREAKS OF THE STORM: From Flying Cows to Stealing Thunder. The World's Strangest True Weather Stories RANDY CERVENY We've all heard the tales: The tornado that plucked the feathers from a coop COOP See Banks for Cooperatives (COOP). full of chickens, or the wind that lifted a baby and carriage hundreds of yards safely into a tree or the heat wave that literally melted the asphalt. These and other stories fill this entertaining look at the history of freak weather events. Weather researcher Cerveny examines the popularity of these tales, some of which have been published in prestigious scientific journals, and introduces people who made their livings documenting these events. He includes stories of such phenomena as massive hailstones, ball lightning ball lightning n. A rare form of lightning in the shape of a glowing red ball, associated with thunderstorms and thought to consist of ionized gas. , devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. hurricanes, and snowfall in unexpected places, and he goes on to explain how such events occur. Cerveny includes the weirdest weather extremes and a state-by-state list of weather oddities The Oddities were a professional wrestling stable in the WWF. History The Jackyl formed the group in 1998 and called them "The Parade of Human Oddities." The group consisted of "freakish" wrestlers, including the masked Golga (formerly Earthquake, whose mask had . The book is not simply a tale of the weird and woeful woe·ful also wo·ful adj. 1. Affected by or full of woe; mournful. 2. Causing or involving woe. 3. Deplorably bad or wretched: , however, as it also offers helpful tips for surviving severe weather. Avalon, 2006, 304 p., b&w images, paperback. $15.95. |
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