Description Blending meteorological history with the history of scientific cartography, Monmonier charts the phenomenon of lake-effect snow and explores the societal impacts of extreme weather.
Characterized by intense snowfalls.
Along the way, he introduces readers to natural philosophers who gradually identified this distinctive weather pattern, to Tales of communities adapting to notoriously disruptive storms, and to some of the snowiest regions of the country.
Description Blending meteorological history with the history of scientific cartography, Monmonier charts the phenomenon of lake-effect snow and explores the societal impacts of extreme weather