Book Challenge: Book about weather
I didn’t realize it would be so hard to find a challenge
book about weather. So, to find one, I searched
on Amazon for things like “weather” and “blizzard” and found this book.
On January 12, 1888, the day started warmer than it had been
for weeks. In minutes, the temperature
dropped and a blizzard descended on the Great Plains taking people unawares. By the time it was over, hundreds of people
were dead, frozen to death on the prairie, many of these were children caught
out trying to get home from school.
The Children’s Blizzard starts by explaining why people
moved to the Dakotas, Minnesota, and Nebraska in the first place, what their
life was like, how the weather event occurred (snooze fest IMO. A picture would have helped here big time),
weather prediction in the late 1800s (a lot of info on this as well especially
considering that the weatherman who was made the scapegoat for not informing
people the blizzard was coming couldn’t have made the prediction based on the
available tools), and then their own personal stories. The personal stories were the most
interesting like how someone could have survived days stuck out in those
temperatures as they waited for someone to find them. I also found the parts describing the effects
of hypothermia and extreme cold on the body to be really interesting.
Midwestern winters stink.
I know because I have experienced them myself and they are reason enough
to never want to live in the Midwest.
But, nothing I lived through compares to what these people dealt
with. As a result, here is a list of
things I am thankful for:
1.
I don’t live in a sod house.
2.
I have indoor plumbing and a furnace.
3.
I have 21st century medical care.
4.
When the blizzard hit last year, I was safe at
home. Snug as a bug.
5.
I have an office job.
6.
My telephone.
I would never have made it as a pioneer I think. Going to the farmers’ market is about as
rustic as I want to get.
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