Explains the science behind blizzards, discussing how, why, and where they occur, showing how they differ from ordinary snowstorms, and looking at some of the most significant blizzards of the past.
In 1881, when their apple tree is felled by a storm just before Christmas, a young farm girl and her family discover that the tree was important to each of them for different reasons.
An exploration of snow that discusses the positive and negative aspects of the weather condition, provides information about blizzards, and includes instructions for an interactive project.
After an October blizzard, Laura's family moves from the claim shanty into town for the winter, a winter that a Native American has predicted will be seven months of bad weather.
Relates the efforts to keep the animals of the Buffalo Zoo alive and fed during the first day of the blizzard of 1977, one of the worst in American history.
Text and accompanying photographs focus on major blizzards, what damage they can do, loss of human and animal life, crop loss, communication loss, and how they also contribute to water supply.
