(From the song "Bad Moon Rising," by John Fogerty, quoted on page 148 of Big Weather: Chasing Tornadoes in the Heart of America.) My review MUST carry this caveat and not be truncated. My review MUST carry this caveat and not be REVIEW AUTHOR'S NOTE: This review was written exclusively for the website, and if you are reading this review on Amazon or an affiliated party's website please understand this is in violation of the original contractual understanding and non-commercial spirit with which I joined Goodreads-for the purpose of writing reviews without intent of profit or to provide profit to entities like Amazon that do not offer remuneration for my efforts. REVIEW AUTHOR'S NOTE: This review was written exclusively for the website, and if you are reading this review on Amazon or an affiliated party's website please understand this is in violation of the original contractual understanding and non-commercial spirit with which I joined Goodreads-for the purpose of writing reviews without intent of profit or to provide profit to entities like Amazon that do not offer remuneration for my efforts. And they're all after one thing.Īt the heart of the excitement are the awe-inspiring events themselves-a tornado that levels a small Nebraska town, wild twisters that spin cars into the air and, in the case of unlucky Donald Staley, destroy three of his homes in succession.Īn entertaining narrative brimming with stylish prose, Big Weather is a wryly observed meditation on the weather and the subculture of catastrophilia, the culture and commerce of catastrophic weather. Along the way, he encounters an assortment of eccentric characters, including a duo named the Twister Sisters and an IMAX filmmaker who drives an armor-plated truck. With Matt Biddle, an Ahab-like veteran storm chaser, as his guide, Mark Svenvold draws a portrait of a culture enamored by extremes during a 6,000-mile journey through the heartland. Why do some people chase the kind of storms that would send most people running for their lives? Why does devastating weather maintain a primal hold on our collective imagination? Wherever he touches down, he informs and amuses, and marvels not only at the weather, but also at the stranger side of Middle America. " -National Geographic Why do some people chase the kind of storms that would send most people running for their lives? Why does devastating weather maintain a primal hold on our collect "Svenvold clearly paid his dues in Tornado Alley.
"Svenvold clearly paid his dues in Tornado Alley.
0 kommentar(er)
