Handy Weather Answer Lyons, Walter A (1997) Paperback

The Handy Answer Book

by Walter A. Lyons

What is the difference between sleet and freezing rain? What exactly is wind chill and how is it figured? Here you'll find clear-cut answers to these and more than 1,000 frequently asked questions. A cornucopia of weather facts, this book covers such intrguing topics as hurricanes, thunder and lightning, earthq uakes, volcanoes and other fascinating weather-related phenomena. Illustrations.

Genres: Science, Reference, Nonfiction

397 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1996

Reviews

[Anna · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love meteorology, but at the beginning, I didn't know much about it. This book helped me understand weather and why it happens, and know I've probably got hundreds of facts about weather! Walter A. Lyons did a fantastic job, and now there's one more person in the world who is fascinated by meteorology.

[Camille · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was arranged question and answer style. It made a nice introduction to meteorology, but I soon grew tired of the format. Many of the questions just weren't things that I really wanted to know. I'll look for another weather book written text book style.

That said, it was full of fun little bits of weather history that I knew nothing about. Raining frogs...and giant hailstones...etc.

[K L R · Rating 1 out of 5]

Way too many lists of dates and statistics that I'm never going to remember. I ended up skimming half of the book. It doesn't help that it's 30 years out of date (my library's selection of books on meteorology was limited). I also don't like the Q&A format. A more systematic explanation of weather phenomena would be great.