The Coming Global Superstorm - Hardcover

Bell, Art; Strieber, Whitley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671041908 ISBN 13: 9780671041908

Publisher: Atria, 1999

Synopsis

A best-selling author and a popular radio talk show host team up to reveal the pending ill-effects of human-made changes to the Arctic weather patterns, predicting dire consequences if global warming trends are not immediately halted.

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Review:

It's time to stop talking about the weather and do something about it. Paranormal superstars Art Bell and Whitley Strieber bring environmentalism to the masses tabloid-style in The Coming Global Superstorm, a quick look at global warming and its potentially catastrophic effects. Like Old Testament prophets, Bell and Strieber embrace lovingly detailed depictions of global cataclysm; unlike them, our modern-day doomsayers have more to go on than that old-time religion. Their writing is clear and straightforward, interspersing hard data with dramatization and speculation to create an engaging, enjoyable, but thoroughly spooky warning of the next Ice Age.

Scoffers would do well to remember the 1900 hurricane that devastated Galveston, Texas, despite the clear warnings--we may have advanced our meteorological knowledge over the 20th century, but is our judgment any better? Bell and Strieber are ultimately optimistic that quick behavior change can avert the big storm for a while, even if archaeological evidence suggests its inevitability. Their solutions range from the small scale (buy fuel-efficient cars) to the grandiose (global cooperation in weather monitoring). Whether their suggestions will help is a moot question (how could we ever know?); surely, though, they won't hurt. --Rob Lightner

About the Author:

Art Bell is one of America's leading talk-radio personalities. His late night broadcasts, Coast to Coast AM with Art Bell and Dreamland, reach more than 15 million listeners, covering topics ranging from UFOs to government conspiracies, near-death experiences to unexplained phenomena, and more.

About this edition

• Publisher: Atria
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0671041908
• ISBN 13: 9780671041908
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272