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Table of Contents
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
EPILOGUE
APPENDICES
2. The Beaufort scale
3. The Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale
4. Hurricane strikes in the U.S.
5. Canadian tropical cyclone statistics
6. World's worst tropical cyclones
7. Wind speed variation within the hurricane eyewall, by elevation
8. Worst winter storms on record
9. The Fujita tornado scale
10. Worst tornadoes in the twentieth century by year
11. Wind force table
12. Canadian wind chill index
Acknowledgments
Notes
Selected Bibliography