LEADER 02400oam 2200481zu 450 001 9910953637303321 005 20251116141434.0 010 $a0-585-17501-2 035 $a(CKB)111004365733004 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000260255 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12061045 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000260255 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10192496 035 $a(PQKB)10481034 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5843446 035 $a(BIP)7275495 035 $a(BIP)1619398 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004365733004 100 $a20160829d1991 uy 101 0 $aeng 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe tornado 210 31$a[Place of publication not identified]$cTexas A&M University Press$d1991 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a0-89096-460-2 330 $aTornadoes are among nature's most destructive and terrifying phenomena. Twisters have left their wake of destruction throughout the United States and the world, and The Tornado describes some of the most bizarre--houseboats sailing through the air; cars flown to a landing half a cornfield away; an entire house lifted and demolished, leaving only a divan and the uninjured family seated on it. Intermingled with descriptions of tornado encounters the world over and the ominous weather patterns that preceded them is the author's eyewitness account of a funnel that hit Waco, Texas, on May 11, 1953. With gripping narrative, he recounts the events of that day: a man clinging to a guard rail while a mailbox, plate glass, bricks, and other debris whizzed past his head; automobiles rolling end over end down the street; buildings falling like blocks knocked down by an angry child; a movie theater crumbling on the terrified patrons. When the storm had passed, 114 people were dead and hundreds injured; property damage ran in the tens of millions of dollars. 606 $aTornadoes$zUnited States 606 $aTornadoes 606 $aEarth & Environmental Sciences$2HILCC 606 $aMeteorology & Climatology$2HILCC 615 0$aTornadoes 615 0$aTornadoes. 615 7$aEarth & Environmental Sciences 615 7$aMeteorology & Climatology 676 $a551.55/3 700 $aWeems$b John Edward$01859681 801 0$bPQKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910953637303321 996 $aThe tornado$94463779 997 $aUNINA