It's Raining Fish and Spiders

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Macmillan + ORM, May 22, 2012 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 240 pages

One of the things Bill Evans enjoys the most is talking to young people about weather. Middle-schoolers in particular, Evans says, are deeply interested in the natural world and in weather.

It's Raining Fish and Spiders covers everything, from tornadoes and hurricanes to lightning and the different kinds of snowflakes. Evans addresses weather myths and facts, from "Can it really rain fish?" to "Will opening a window save my house during a tornado?"

Evans also tells his most exciting personal weather stories: flying with the Hurricane Hunters, riding pell-mell through Tornado Alley with storm chasers, and visiting the coldest place on Earth. The book includes simple weather experiments that can be performed at home without expensive equipment.

Extensively researched, fact-filled, and packed with charts, tables, illustrations, and amazing photographs, It's Raining Fish and Spiders is an entertaining and educational addition to the library of anyone interested in weather, science, and the natural world.



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Contents

Tornadoes
Ten Deadliest Single Tornadoes
Cousin to the Tornado
Tornado ChasersAre They Crazy? A True Bill Evans Weather Story
Ingredients for a Hurricane
You Have Been Retired from the Game
The Most Extreme Wind Anywhere in the World
My Flight with the Hurricane Huntersor How to Keep from Blowing Lunch A True
How Do You Make That Snowy Stuff?
Tracking a Snowstorm
Youve Got to Be Kidding MeAntarctica
Wind Chill
Nothing Like an Avalanche to Perk Up Your Day
The Blizzard of 1996A True Bill Evans Weather Story
Extreme Weather
Hey Ben Why Dont You Go Fly a Kite?

Differences Between Hurricanes and Tornadoes
Living Through Hurricane Camilleor How I Came to be a Meteorologist A True
Where Will the Next Big Storm Strike? Could There Be Another Katrina?
Great Hurricane Web Sites
Fifteen Hottest Major Cities in the United StatesAverage July Maximum
Who Moved My Plate?
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About the author (2012)

Bill Evans has won multiple Emmy Awards for his work as Senior Meteorologist for WABC, Channel 7. He has also been seen regularly on Good Morning America and can be heard nationally on the ABC Radio Network, Martha Stewart Living Radio, ESPN Radio, and in the New York metropolitan area on WPLJ. In addition to teaching adult classes on weather and forecasting, Evans speaks at dozens of elementary and middle schools every year, talking to students about weather and meteorology. It's Raining Fish and Spiders grew out of the keen interest of these students. Evans was recently awarded an honorary Doctorate in Letters of Humanity by Dowling College. He lives with his family in Connecticut.

Bibliographic information

TitleIt's Raining Fish and Spiders
AuthorBill Evans
PublisherMacmillan + ORM, 2012
ISBN1429984821, 9781429984829
Length240 pages
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Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / Earth Sciences / Weather
  
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