| Colorado Natural Hazard Events: an overview of when and where nature impacted people in Colorado Contributor(s): Highland, Bill (Author) |
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ISBN: 1482742519 ISBN-13: 9781482742510 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Natural Disasters |
| Physical Information: 0.18" H x 8.5" W x 11" (0.53 lbs) 68 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The only book available on all the natural hazards in Colorado. Intended as an educational resource, extensive research into the number of incidents reported in Colorado since 1950 dispels myths and folklore about wildlife encounters, rockfall, and lightning strikes while raising awareness of little-known hazards such as plague, rabbit fever and tree-fall. About half the people injured or killed by natural hazards in Colorado are out-of-state visitors, many of whom are unaware of hazardous situations. The odds of natural hazard-caused injuries are very low but why take on avoidable risks? Find out how often, what time of year, and where in Colorado people had unfortunate encounters with nature. A review of Colorado's physical features, people, visitors and recreational activities followed by a compilation of all available historical records of casualty events from extreme weather, mountain lion and bear attacks, poisonous plants and animals, wildlife encounters, wildfires, geologic and cosmic hazards. |