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Superstorm of March 1993 : March 12-14, 1993. by Weinberg, J.(Joan)(CARDINAL)899287; United States.Department of Commerce.(CARDINAL)143379; United States.National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.(CARDINAL)138106; United States.National Weather Service.(CARDINAL)138845;
The event and its impact -- Hydrometeorological analysis -- Warning services -- Data acquisition, communications, and facilities -- Coordination and dissemination -- Preparedness activities -- Media and public response.
Subjects: Storm winds; Severe storms; Weather signals.; Weather forecasting.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Road weather information systems / by Boselly, S. Edward.(CARDINAL)320534; National Research Council (U.S.)(CARDINAL)139987; Strategic Highway Research Program (U.S.)(CARDINAL)298325;
v. 1. Research report -- v. 2. Implementation guide.The Strategic Highway Research Program sponsored research into the use of road weather information systems (RWIS) for highway snow and ice control. The research indicated that the use of RWIS technologies can improve the efficiency and effectiveness as well as reduce the costs of highway winter maintenance practices. Volume 2, the implementation guide supplements Volume 1, the research report, which documents the research.
Subjects: Meteorological instruments.; Meteorology; Roads; Weather forecasting.; Weather signals.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Surviving the deep blue sea : your guide to safe boating / by Sipos, Miklós.(CARDINAL)818973; Marine Safety Systems.;
The rules of the roadless road --
Subjects: Boats and boating.; Seamanship.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Camping & wilderness survival : the ultimate outdoors book / by Tawrell, Paul.(CARDINAL)483130;
Getting lost -- List of lists -- Summer hiking -- Desert travel -- Mountain travel -- Winter travel -- Water travel -- Survival shelter -- Fire making -- Forest fire -- Cooking -- Finding water -- Hunting & trapping -- Fishing -- Wood cutting -- Compass & maps -- Binoculars & astronomy -- Photography -- Weather & clouds -- Ropes & knots -- Signals -- Birds -- Animals & tracks -- Fish -- Reptiles & amphibians -- Insects -- Trees -- Poisonous mushrooms -- Edible plants -- First aid.
Subjects: Camping.; Outdoor life.; Wilderness survival.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Surviving coastal and open water / by Davenport, Gregory J.(CARDINAL)643923;
Weather forecasting -- Gear -- Vessel distress -- Clothing -- Shelter -- Fire -- Signaling -- Drinking water -- Food -- Navigation -- Travel -- Health -- Dangerous marine life -- Kits -- Knots and lashes-- Float plan.
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Boats and boating; Wilderness survival;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The naked future : what happens in a world that anticipates your every move / by Tucker, Patrick,1976-(CARDINAL)405860;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Namazu the earth shaker -- The signal from within -- #sick -- Fixing the weather -- Unities of time and space -- The spirit of the new -- Relearning how to learn -- When your phone says you're in love -- Crime prediction: the where and the when -- Crime: predicting the who -- The world that anticipates your every move.The deputy editor of The Futurist magazine discusses the impact the increased use of computer-aided forecasting will have on everyday life, cataloging the possible benefits and potential abuses of predictive analytics over the next decade. --Publisher's description.
Subjects: Big data; Forecasting.; Information technology; Privacy, Right of.; Technological innovations;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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Guidelines for the selection and application of warning lights on roadway operations equipment. by American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.(CARDINAL)138446;
Preface -- Introduction -- Safety issues -- Lighting issues and considerations -- Lighting selection -- Sample specifications -- List of appendices.These guidelines have been developed based on the results of a series of experiments that considered more than 40 lighting configurations in both static and dynamic environments. The presence of maintenance personnel, the identification of the maintenance vehicle, attention-getting, glare, peripheral detection, and urgency were all metrics in the experiments. Differing experimental conditions such as weather, the presence of other vehicles, and time of day were also considered in the experiments.
Subjects: Roads; Vehicles; Traffic signs and signals.; Signal lights.; Roads; Signals and signaling.; Trucks;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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I give you the world / by McCleary, Stacey,author.; Saldaña, Carmen,illustrator.;
The early morning light in spring shines on a new day; summer rain brings rainbows; falling leaves in autumn signals the arrival of cold weather; and a deer cautiously stepping into a newly fallen snow highlights the beauty of winter. The perfect gift of all the world itself in its natural beauty through every season.002-005.
Subjects: Nature stories.; Board books.; Stories in rhyme.; Life; Gifts; Seasons; Animals; Board books.;
© 2019., Tiger Tales,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Losing Earth : a recent history / by Rich, Nathaniel,1980-author.(CARDINAL)351993;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-206).The reckoning -- Part I. Shouts in the street: 1979-1982. The whole banana: spring 1979 ; Mirror worlds: spring 1979 ; Between clambake and chaos: July 1979 ; Enter Cassandra, raving: 1979-1980 ; A very aggressive defensive program: 1979-1980 ; Tiger on the road: October 1980 ; A deluge most unnatural: November 1980-September 1981 ; Heroes and villains: March 1982 ; The direction of an impending catastrophe: 1982 -- Part II. Bad science fiction: 1983-1988. Caution not panic: 1983-1984 ; The world of action: 1985 ; The ozone in October: fall 1985-summer 1986 ; Atmospheric scientist, New York, N.Y.: fall 1987-spring 1988 -- Part III. You will see things that you shall believe: 1988-1989. Nothing but bonfires: summer 1988 ; Signal weather: June 1988 ; Woodstock for climate change: June 1988-April 1989 ; Fragmented world: fall 1988 ; The great includer and the old engineer: spring 1989 ; Natural processes: May 1989 ; The White House effect: spring-fall 1989 ; Skunks at the garden party: November 1989 -- Glass-bottomed boats.By 1979, we knew nearly everything we understand today about climate change--including how to stop it. Over the next decade, a handful of scientists, politicians, and strategists, led by two unlikely heroes, risked their careers in a desperate, escalating campaign to convince the world to act before it was too late.
Subjects: Global warming; Global environmental change; Carbon dioxide; Petroleum industry and trade;
Available copies: 16 / Total copies: 16
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Cloudy with a chance of meatballs [sound recording] / by Barrett, Judi.(CARDINAL)318201; Barrett, Ron,ill.(CARDINAL)318200; Barrett, Ron.(CARDINAL)318200; Terheyden, Jerry.(CARDINAL)639884; Terheyden, Linda.(CARDINAL)548595; Live Oak Media (Firm)(CARDINAL)516173;
Read by Linda & Jerry Terheyden.Life is delicious in the town of Chewandswallow where it rains soup and juice, snows mashed potatoes, and blows storms of hamburgers--until the weather takes a turn for the worse.
Subjects: Children's audiobooks.; Food; Weather;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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