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Encyclopedia of Hurricanes, Typhoons and Cyclones
Encycopedia of Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones
By David Longshore.
Published by Facts on File, 1998. Copyright held by the author.
This is a hardbound book measuring 9" by 11" and running to 372 pages including the index.
The introduction says, "For the purpose of this encyclopedia, the study of tropical cyclones has been divided into three basic rubrics: tropical cyclones in science; tropical cyclones in history; and tropical cyclones in culture." The work contains entries on scientific aspects of cyclones, specific cyclones in history, specific places historically vulnerable to cyclones satellites, people, and other entries.
The list of entries in the "N" sequence is as follows:
- N
- Nagasaki Typhoon
- Nagoya Typhoon
- Nancy, Typhoon
- National Hurricane Center (NHC)
- navigable semicircle
- Neptune p2v-3w
- New England
- New London, Hurricane
- New York
- Nimbus
- Nina, Typhoon
- Norfolk-Long Island Hurricane
- Norma, Hurricane
- North Atlantic Ocean
- North Carolina
- North Pacific Ocean
- Norton, Grady
The entry on New York is four pages long, referring to 40 documented hurricanes that have affected the state, including 15 major ones, which it describes.
Among the facts it mentions in passing is that the "Hurricane" is the "national" drink of New Orleans.
This reference book is a rich trove of information about tropical cyclones.
