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Author Dodge, John (Columnist), author.

Title A deadly wind : the 1962 Columbus Day storm / John Dodge
Published Corvallis, OR : Oregon State University Press, 2018
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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 238 pages)
Contents Introduction -- Out on a limb -- Tracking typhoon freda -- Countdown to calamity -- Death comes to Eugene -- Coastal chaos -- Ground zero -- A wind like no other -- Fallen forests -- The wind and wine -- Bridgetown under siege -- Life turns on a dime -- Lions in the wind -- It happened at the fair (buon gusto) -- Terror in Stanley Park -- Stormy aftermath -- Epilogue
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 29, 2018)
Subject Storms -- Northwest, Pacific -- History -- 20th century
Storms -- British Columbia -- Pacific Coast -- History -- 20th century
Storms -- California -- Pacific Coast -- History -- 20th century
Storms -- Pacific Coast (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology.
Storms
SUBJECT Northwest, Pacific -- History
Subject British Columbia -- Pacific Coast
California -- Pacific Coast
Pacific Northwest
United States -- Pacific Coast
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2018018679
ISBN 9780870719295
0870719297
Other Titles 1962 Columbus Day storm
Columbus Day storm