Hurricane Display

May-June 2002

Dr. Duedall and Mr. Williams presented library director, Dr. Lang, with an autographed copy of their book.

Florida Hurricanes and Tropical Storms: 1887 - 2001
by John M. Williams and Iver Duedall

“Hurricanes” was the theme of the Library display that featured materials related to seasonal disaster preparedness. Enhanced with photographs of hurricane destruction provided by local hurricane expert and Florida Tech researcher Mr. John Williams, this cabinet display showcased Evans Library books, government documents, and periodical articles.
A number of pictues of hurricane damage, relatedJournal articles, and tracking maps, as well as hurricane preparedness items where featured in the display.

Some books that were featured in the display:

Location Call Number Title and Author
Stacks QC 945 .W55 2002 Florida Hurricanes and Tropical Storms: 1871- 2001. John Williams and Iver Duedall.
Stacks QC 945 .W55 1997 Florida Hurricanes and Tropical Storms. John M. Williams and Iver Duedall.
Stacks Z 679.7 .T75 1998 Hurricane! Surviving the Big One: A Primer for Libraries, Museums and Archives. Michael Trinkley.
Stacks QC945 .D63 1993 122 Years of Florida Hurricanes and Tropical Storms: 1871- 1992, An Historical Survey. Fred Doehring, Iver Duevall, and John Williams.
Stacks QC 861.2 .A27 2001 Understanding Weather and Climate. Edward Aguado and James E. Burt.
Reference QH 541.5 .S35 N38 1990 Beaches: Lessons of Hurricane Hugo Proceedings of the 1990 National Conference on Beach Preservation Technology.
Reference Ref. QC 983 .W38 1992 The Weather Almanac
Reference Ref. QC 983 .W385 2000 Weather America
GOVDOC Y 4.p 96/10: S.HRG.104-733 Federal response to Hurricane Fran: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, second session, October 2, 1996 United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety.
GOVDOC C55.122: H94/LARGE Atlantic hurricane tracking chart United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Featured Internet "Sites by Discipline":

Site Name
URL
John Williams' FTP Folder of Today's Weather Imagery ftp://duedall.fit.edu/williams/latestwx/
National Climatic Data Center http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html
NOAA http://www.noaa.gov/
BUBL Information Service- Earth Science http://link.bubl.ac.uk/Earth
Florida Tech Department of Marine and Environmental Systems http://www.fit.edu/AcadRes/dmes/
Weather/ Meterology Websites Catalog http://www.aircraft.com/input/websites/viewlinks

For additional information about this display, plrease review the Hurricanes Brochure.

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Created by Evans Library Instructional Programs: Lois Crozier, Elisa Kermani, Joanne Savage, and Kathy Turner.