Winter Storms Pathfinder: A Guide to the Literature

This guide will introduce some of the titles available in the LRC on Winter Storms. The various types of library materials useful in research are listed along with some examples of each type. This guide is not a comprehensive listing of sources, but is intended to be a starting point from which you can begin your research.


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  • Snow, weather, and avalanches: observational guidelines for avalanche programs in the United States. - Citation
  • Northeast snowstorms - V. 1: Overview - Citation
  • Northeast snowstorms - V.2: the cases - Citation
  • Staying alive in avalanche terrain - Citation
  • Greater Boston's blizzard of 1978 - Citation
  • The white cascade: the Great Northern Railway disaster and America's deadliest avalanche - Citation
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  • “Dealing with the white death: avalanche risk management for traffic routes” - Citation
  • “Chilling lessons: firefighting along the northern border serves up some valuable cold-weather tips ” by - Citation
  • “Losses from sleet storms in the United States” - Citation
  • “Extreme snows: extreme measures” - Citation
  • “Cold weather EMS operations” - Citation
  • “Look out! Roadway ops are especially dangerous in cold weather” - Citation
  • “Colorado's snow emergency: this is no drill” - Citation
  • “Reactions to cold exposure emphasize the need for weather protection in prehospital care” - Citation
  • “Cold weather hazards” - Citation
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  • Evaluation of winter storm warnings: a case study of the Colorado Front Range December 20-21, 2006, winter storm- Full report - PDF
  • Emergency responses for high plains cattle affected by the December 28-31, 2006, blizzard- Full report - PDF
  • After action report on the department response to the winter floods, January 1-29, 1997 - Full report - PDF
  • Ice storm `98 - Full report - PDF
  • Disastrous floods from the severe winter storms in California, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho: December 1996-January 1997 - Full report - PDF
  • A major snow-avalanche episode in northwest Montana, February, 1996 - Full report - PDF
  • Response to severe winter and blizzard conditions in Grundy and Buchanan County, Virginia in 1996: a focus group analysis - Full report - PDF
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 blizzard
 winter
 sleet
 ice
 "power outage"
 "snow storm"
 "cold weather firefighting"

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  • AVALANCHES
  • BLIZZARDS
  • COLD
  • FROSTBITE
  • HYPOTHERMIA
  • ICE STORMS
  • SLEET
  • SNOW STORMS
  • WINTER STORMS
  • WINTER

Call Numbers

  • QC 929
  • QC 926

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