Weird Weather

by Paul Simons

Frogs and fish raining down from the sky, giant ice bombs crashing into houses, cities floating in the sky, people glowing, a blue moon—the weather is much weirder than the forecasters make out it out to be. In this fascinating anthology, Paul Simons presents firsthand accounts of incidents that have baffled scientists and meteorologists alike. And as we face the most severe climate warming since Roman times, and with a changing landscape and the spread of new disease, the future promises to be even stranger. From survivors' accounts of being struck by lightning to murders induced by hot winds, Weird Weather is an astonishing compendium of bizarre weather phenomena.

302 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1997

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Reviews

[James McCormick · Rating 3 out of 5]

From historical events to superstitions, from thunderstorms to snow to smog to how the weather affects animals, this book has a bit of everything and is quite interesting. Often times careens quickly from one topic to the next. Some info is outdated; some info was never quite correct in the first place.

Best read in lots of short periods. Not much flow to the book.