Now You Know Disasters: The Little Book of Answers
Mar 2008 · Now You Know Series Book 9 · Dundurn
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Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and tidal waves, fires, mine cave-ins, bridge collapses, ship sinkings, airplane crashes, explosions, and plagues -- natural and human-engineered calamity and catastrophe have many forms and guises. In Now You Know Disasters, Q & A ringmaster Doug Lennox showcases the what, why, when, where, who, and how of everything that's gone tragically and terribly wrong, past and present.
- How does a tsunami occur?
- Why do Canadian engineers wear iron rings?
- Who was Richter in the Richter scale?
- What was the worst freshwater ship disaster ever in North America?
- What is wildfire?
- Who was Typhoid Mary?
- How is "ring around the rosie" related to disaster?
- How did the Halifax Explosion occur?
- What was the world's worst airplane crash?
Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and tidal waves, fires, mine cave-ins, bridge collapses, ship sinkings, airplane crashes, explosions, and plagues -- natural and human-engineered calamity and catastrophe have many forms and guises. In Now You Know Disasters, Q & A ringmaster Doug Lennox ...
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Abigail Jules
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January 18, 2014
A student of Emergency Management, I thought I would check out books of some of the top people in the industry. Quarantelli was my end goal, but I came upon this book by Doug Lennox and was curious. When I bought the book, I was in the middle of reading a book by Denis Meliti. I did not return to my reading until I finished Doug's book. I found it interesting, informative, and easy to read. I recommend this book for others studying EM. It brings to light some disasters not taught about or thought of in university. My only issue with this book is that I couldn't complete the last page as the flashing prompt to write a review prohibited me from reading the last couple of paragraphs. Cheers! Abby J.
About the author
Doug Lennox is an internationally acclaimed broadcaster, a veteran character actor, a commercial voice artist, and a bestselling author. He has appeared in more than 60 films and television features, including X-Men, Police Academy, Lonesome Dove, and Against the Ropes, and has shared screen time with Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, Burt Reynolds, Holly Hunter, Charles Bronson, Gary Oldman, and many others. He lives in Toronto.
Doug Lennox is an internationally acclaimed broadcaster, a veteran character actor, a commercial voice artist, and a bestselling author. He has appeared in more than 60 films and television features, including X-Men, Police Academy, Lonesome Dove, and Against the Ropes, and has shared screen time...
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