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Storms
 Websites presented in alphabetical order 1930's Dust Bowl 
 A brief description of the Dust Bowl in the Oklahoma Panhandle community of Boise City, Cimarron County, with pictures of "Black Sunday April 14, 1935. The dust storm that turned day into night." Excerpted from The Dust Bowl, Men, Dirt and Depression by Paul Bonnifield. On the website of the Cimarron Heritage Center in Boise City, Oklahoma. http://www.ccccok.org/museum/dustbowl.html Topics: Agriculture, U.S. History By Place, United States History, Weather Last updated Aug 20, 2009 Africa to Atlantic: Dust to Dust
Article about sand and dust storms in which "the planet's deserts kick up literally millions of tons of dust, and winds send it flying to far-flung destinations where it clogs our lungs, changes soil chemistry, deposits minerals in bodies of water," and cause other environmental damage. Includes a link to images of recent storms, such as the storm in Iraq in August 2005, and links to related sites. From the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/feature/2004/0116dust.html Topics: Agriculture, Weather Last updated Aug 9, 2005 Coast Guard Storm Center
Emergency information for boaters, including preparing boats and trailers before a hurricane, National Hurricane Center (NHC) advisory terms and warning flags, the Saffir/Simpson Hurricane Scale, how to ride out a storm if you're caught out on the water, and what to do after a storm. Includes links to other weather and boating safety sites. http://www.uscg.mil/news/stormcenter/ Topics: Outdoor Recreation, Transportation, Weather Last updated Sep 2, 2005 Coastal Warning Display Program
"The Coastal Warning Display program was de-emphasized in favor of frequently updated telephone recordings and NOAA [(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)] Weather Radio," which can convey more information to more people. However, "U.S. Coast Guard and other stations may continue to display warning signals" and this site illustrates day (flag) and night (light) signals and explains what various warnings mean. From the National Weather Service. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/cwd.htm Topics: Transportation, Weather Last updated Sep 24, 2003 A Comprehensive Glossary of Weather Terms for Storm Spotters
Written in layman's terms, this "spotter glossary" serves as a reference to help standardize weather-related terms used by storm spotters and forecasters to communicate effectively during storm warnings. NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Technical Memorandum NWS SR-145, from the National Weather Service, Norman, Okla. http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/severewx/glossary.php Topics: Weather Last updated May 1, 2007 The Dust Bowl
An exhibit "featuring Documentary Photographs from the Farm Security Administration file and Companion Photographs taken in the late 1970s by Bill Ganzel," with "texts adapted from oral history interviews with Dust Bowl Survivors." Includes learning activities for students and lesson guides for teachers. http://www.humanities-interactive.org/texas/dustbowl/ Topics: Agriculture, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, United States History, Weather Last updated Dec 19, 2008 Dust Bowl Days
Lesson plans for teaching students about the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression "through photographs, songs and interviews with people who lived through the Dust Bowl." Designed for grades three to six. http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?ID=300 Topics: Agriculture, History, Lesson Plans, Photograph Collections: History, United States History, Weather Last updated Dec 19, 2008 Stormtrack
This site celebrates the storm chaser ("defined as a person who pursues imminent or existing severe thunderstorms, for any reason, and operates independently or as part of a research effort"). It features annotated images of recent extreme weather conditions in the United States as well as a forum, information about Skywarn (the U.S. National Weather Service program for volunteer skywatchers), and links to related sites. Note: Some portions of the site are not updated regularly. http://www.stormtrack.org/ Topics: Weather Last updated Feb 24, 2004 Surviving the Dust Bowl
This site examines the combination of farming techniques, economic conditions, and an eight-year drought (1931-1939) in the southern plains of the United States that led to giving the area the name "The Dust Bowl." The people involved, the results of the drought, and the various government remedies to the situation are also covered. A companion to the PBS program of the same name, a part of The American Experience series. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/dustbowl/ Topics: Agriculture, Weather Last updated Nov 1, 2009 Visions In the Dust: A Child's Perspective of the Dust Bowl
This classroom guide will help students understand "Dust Bowl history through the eyes of a child. Using Karen Hesse's Newbery Award-winning Out of the Dust as an introduction...students have the opportunity to identify with the personal experiences of youth in the 1930s. In addition, students examine primary source materials of the period to correlate the fictional text with actual visual, auditory, and manuscript accounts as found in the [Library of Congress] American Memory collections." http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/99/dust/intro.html Topics: Agriculture, History, United States History, Weather Last updated Sep 22, 2009 |
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