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title	:	The Thunderstorm in Human Affairs Thunderstorms--a Social, Scientific, and Technological Documentary (2Nd Ed., Rev. and Enl.) ; V. 1
author	:	Kessler, Edwin
publisher	:	University of Oklahoma Press
isbn10 | asin	:	080612153X
print isbn13	:	9780806121536
ebook isbn13	:	9780585229850
language	:	English
subject	Thunderstorms--United States, Thunderstorms--Social aspects--United States.
publication date	:	1988
lcc	:	QC968.T48 1988eb
ddc	:	363.3/492
subject	:	Thunderstorms--United States, Thunderstorms--Social aspects--United States.

Page i Volume 1 of Thunderstorms: A Social, Scientific, and Technological Documentary

Page iii The Thunderstorm in Human Affairs

Page iv Thunderstorms distribute heat received at ground level from the sun, water the earth, fix a little of the nitrogen used by plants, and may, through their violent manifestations, suddenly alter lives and the landscape. (Photo by Gordon Gerber, 18 August 1968, 70 miles southwest of Omaha, Nebr.)

Page v Volume 1 of Thunderstorms: A Social, Scientific, and Technological Documentary The Thunderstorm in Human Affairs Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged Edited by Edwin Kessler University of Oklahoma Press Norman and London

Page vi BY EDWIN KESSLER On the Distribution and Continuity of Water Substance in Atmospheric Circulations (Boston, 1969) (Editor) Thunderstorms: A Social, Scientific, and Technological Documentary, 3 vols. (Washington, D.C., 1981-82) (Editor) The Thunderstorm in Human Affairs, 2d ed. (Vol. 1 of Thunderstorms: A Social, Scientific, and Technological Documentary), (Norman, 1983) (Editor) Thunderstorm Morphology and Dynamics, 2d ed. (Vol. 2 of Thunderstorms: A Social, Scientific, and Technological Documentary) (Norman, 1986) (Editor) Instruments and Techniques for Thunderstorm Observation and Analysis, 2d ed. (Vol. 3 of Thunderstorms: A Social, Scientific, and Technological Documentary) (Norman, 1988) Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: The Thunderstorm in human affairs. (Thunderstormsa social, scientific, and technological documentary; v. 1) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. ThunderstormsUnited States. 2. ThunderstormsSocial aspectsUnited States. I. Kessler, Edwin. II. Series: Thunderstormsa social, scientific, and technological documentary (2d ed., rev. and enl.); v. 1. QC968.T48 1983 vol. 1 363.3'492s 83-47836 [363.3'492] ISBN: 0-8061-2153-X First edition published 1981, for the U.S. Department of Commerce by the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. Second edition copyright 1983 by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Publishing Division of the University. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the U.S.A. Second edition, 1983. First paperback printing, 1988.

Page vii Contents Preface to the Second Edition ix Preface to the First Edition xi Abbreviations Used in This Book xiii Chapter 1. Thunderstorms in a Social Context Edwin Kessler and Gilbert F. White 3 Introduction 3 Social Dimensions of Thunderstorms: Benefits and Costs 5 Phenomenology 6 The Choice Process 14 2. Disaster by Flood Lee R. Hoxit, Herbert S. Lieb, Charles F. Chappell, and H. Michael Mogil 19 Introduction 19 The Big Thompson Canyon Flood 20 The National Flash-Flood Problem 34 Summary 35

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