{"product_id":"freaks-of-the-storm-randy-cerveny-9781560258018","title":"Freaks of the Storm: From Flying Cows to Stealing Thunder: The World's Strangest True Weather Stories","description":"In the course of his numerous talks and presentations to college and grade school students, civic clubs, and nursing homes, climatologist Randy Cerveny found that people of all ages are fascinated by the \"unusual\" -- and he seized on that fascination to tell them about strange weather. Now, in his first book, the rest of us can learn of real, documented stories such as these: Odd occurrences of chickens losing all their feathers during tornadoes (so-called \"chicken plucking\"); Strange stories of finding lightning victims who have been completely stripped of all of their clothes (through a process known as \"the vapor effect\"); Weird stories of how past powerful hailstorms have both led to the ending of one war -- and the complete prevention of another; Bizarre uses of weather -- such as the strange contraption called a \"windwagon\" that literally \"sailed\" nearly 500 miles from Kansas to Colorado; Each chapter in Freaks of the Storm encompasses the oddities of a specific type of weather, such as tornadoes, hurricanes, lightning, and hail. The author also divides specific conditions into a set of categories associated with the overall phenomena.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Randy Cerveny\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1560258012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781560258018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/29\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.18h x 6.44w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2005 pg. 1121\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/24\/2005 pg. 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/13\/2006 pg. 85\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2005 pg. 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMen's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2006 pg. 54","brand":"Randy Cerveny","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980095422719,"sku":"9781560258018","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_63a6bbe4-4905-45b9-9c3e-89a7f74b85a4.jpg?v=1683248364","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/freaks-of-the-storm-randy-cerveny-9781560258018","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}