| View Larger Image | Authors of the Storm: Meteorologists and the Culture of Prediction | Hardcoverby Gary Alan Fine (Author)
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| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | University Of Chicago Press | | Page Count: | 280 Pages | | Publication Date: | June 01, 2007 | | Sales Rank: | 414,745th |
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Whether it is used as an icebreaker in conversation or as the subject of serious inquiry, “the weather” is one of the few subjects that everyone talks about. And though we recognize the faces that bring us the weather on television, how government meteorologists and forecasters go about their jobs is rarely scrutinized. Given recent weather-related disasters, it’s time we find out more. In Authors of the Storm, Gary Alan Fine offers an inside look at how meteorologists and forecasters predict the weather.Based on field observation and interviews at the Storm Prediction Center in Oklahoma, the National Weather Service in Washington, D.C., and a handful of midwestern outlets, Fine finds a supremely hard-working, insular clique of professionals who often refer to themselves as a “band of brothers.” In Fine’s skilled hands, we learn their lingo, how they “read” weather conditions, how forecasts are written, and, of course, how those messages are conveyed to the public. Weather forecasts, he shows, are often shaped as much by social and cultural factors inside local offices as they are by approaching cumulus clouds. By opening up this unique world to us, Authors of the Storm offers a valuable and fascinating glimpse of a crucial profession. (20070215) |
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Incredible Read by T. Murphy (North Texas)  5 Stars
October 28, 2009
Although I have not finished this book, I have read roughly half of it, and to this point, it has been a wonderful read. I consider myself to be at the very least a weather enthusiast (and at the very most: a closet meteorologist). This book is excellent at explaining the finner details of NOAA and the events that occur in order for the public to receive an accurate weather forecast. I would recommend this book to anyone who has a curiosity about the weather or about the events that transpire in the NOAA offices to make an accurate prediction.
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