Anyone else read "The Children's Blizzard?"

[blondeatlast]

Concerning a freak weather event in the midwest in 1888?

I read the Publisher's Review article (envy me, part of my job involves reading book reviews!) and was thoroughly intrigued.

The minutaie of weather gets tedious in parts, but the author does a good job of making the events that led up to the event undersatndable to decided non-geeks like me. Incredible real-life characters, too.

If you want to read something a bit out of the ordinary in nonfiction, this is a great one.

I can't stop talking about it; if you've read it, you probably can't either, so here's our chance!

[Warpy]

1. If this is the one concerning the beginning of the weather forecasting

bureau as part of the Army Signal Corps, it's absolutely fascinating and pretty funny in parts.

They've been reading it on the NPR station locally. I've heard bits and pieces when the clock radio has awakened me.

[blondeatlast]

3. \that's the one, I think, but it gets truly creepy as it goes on.

I'm right in the middle of the storm now, so to speak.

This morning I cried my eyes out and hugged my kid but good.

[Speck Tater]

2. Reading level: Ages 4-8

Yeah, I think I could handle that. I'll have to look it up. I like freaky weather stories.

[stray cat]

4. I liked it as well.

[grannylib]

5. i have not read it, but was listening to a program about it on NPR the

other day, sounds really kinda spooky! how terrifying to be lost in a storm. my mom told me that grandpa always put a rope between the house and the barn and then to other outbuildings so that he and the other hands on the farm would not get lost going out to milk or feed the animals or whatever. scary!