Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Natural Disasters written by Laura Harrison McBride and published by Alpha Computer. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CIG to Natural Disasters provides clear, concise information on the causes and effects of natural disasters: earthquakes, volcanoes, mudslides, sinkholes, tornadoes, El Nino, lightning strikes, hurricanes, floods, blizzards, droughts, insect infestations, epidemics, famines, and celestial events (meteor strikes and sunspots). The book also details where to live to experience the most -- or the least -- disasters, and discusses basic disaster preparedness. -- Quake prediction, from seismographs to livestock prophecy! -- Surf's up -- tsunamis (tidal waves) -- We're not in Kansas anymore -- tornadoes' prime locations -- Water spouts and other minor big winds -- El Nino, from Mexico to Borneo -- The mysterious mistral -- going crazy on the Cote d'Azur -- Pyres, fires, and conflagrations of note -- Frozen water -- blizzards and how to survive them -- German cockroaches and the Teutonic plague