Barbara Tufty - 1001 Questions Answered About: Earthquakes, Avalanches, Floods and Other Natural Disasters

My deep appreciation goes to many contemporary scientists and researchers who gave their valuable time to explain and check the data of this book. In particular I wish to express my thanks to Dr. Howard A. Meyerhoff, emeritus professor of geology, University of Pennsylvania, who read through the book and offered invaluable suggestions and ideas.

I also wish to thank Dr. Robert Decker of Dartmouth College; Dr. Dallas L. Peck; Dr. Robert L. Smith; Dr. Jerry Eaton; Dr. Harold E. Thomas; Dr. William Thurston; Dr. Henry W. Coulter; Medford T. Thompson; Horace G. Thomasson; William E. Davies; Roy A. Bailey; Margaret Mahey; Wilbur Dooley; and Richard Kenahall of the U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior; Dr. Mario Martinelli, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experimental Station; Herbert C. Story and Nolan ONeal of the U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; and Mark Spaeth, Leonard Murphy, James F. Lander, Carl A. Van Hake, Carl Posey and Raymond Wilcove of the Environmental Sciences Services Administration (ESSA), Department of Commerce. Herbert Lieb of ESSA in particular has been of much assistance.

I am especially indebted to Frank H. Forrester, head of the U.S. Geological Survey information division, for encouraging this book, and to his staff for their constant support. Also to Marjorie Hooker goes my lasting appreciation for her helpful assistance; and to Fred W. Kittler, Capt. USN ret. for reading sections of the book.

To the constantly considerate aid of many librarians goes my admiration and thanks, in particular to William H. Heers and his staff at the U.S. Geological Survey Library; to Margit Friedrich of Science Service Library and her staff; and to Marjorie A. Clark at the U.S. Weather Bureau Library.

My most heartfelt thanks go to Eloise Morgan and to my family, Harold, Christopher, Karen, and Steven, for giving me time for volcanoes and other natural disasters.

I also wish to thank the following publishers and authors for permission to quote from books and articles:

Dutton, Clarence, The Charleston Earthquake of August 31, 1886, U.S. Geological Survey, 9th Annual Report 18871888, pp. 265266.

Earthquake Information Bulletin, of the National Earthquake Information Center, June 1, 1967, No. 4, p. 6.

Fraser, Colin, The Avalanche Enigma (Chicago: Rand McNally and Co., 1966) (London: John Murray Ltd.).

Furneaux, Rupert, Krakatoa (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1964).

Halm, Joe B., The Great Fire of 1910, American Forests and Forest Life , July, 1930, pp. 424428.

Nesbitt, Paul H.; Pond, Alonzo W.; and Allen, William H., The Survival Book (Princeton, N.J.: D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc., 1959).

Niddrie, David L., When the Earth Shook (New York: Devin-Adair Co., 1962).

OConnor, Richard, Johnstown; The Day the Dam Broke (Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1957).

U.S. Department of the Navy, Natural Disasters, NAVDOCKS P-38 (Washington, D.C.: Naval Facilities Engineering Command, 1963).

Wood, Harry O., Earthquake Investigation in the Field, Bulletin of the National Research Council, 1933, No. 90.

With all the guidance, encouragement, corrections, and suggestions from the few named and hundreds of unnamed people, the author assumes full responsibilities for any discrepancies of fact or interpretation that may appear.