ILLUSTRATIONS

The Funnel of Death[Frontispiece]
Futen, God of the Winds[14]
There, Before the Flood, Stood Anton's House[30]
The Edge of a Tornado's Whirl[38]
In the Path of the Lightning[46]
In the Path of the Tornado[46]
Facing a Climb on Snow-Shoes[56]
Twenty-Five-Foot Drift a Mile Long[56]
Forest Ranger in Idaho[56]
Observer Among the Quaking Aspens[56]
No Peak Too Lofty for a Weather Station[68]
Wall and Upright Sun-Dials[86]
The First Line of Defence Against the Tempest[98]
Solar Halo Seen in the United States[110]
Solar Halo Seen in Russia[110]
The Dust that Makes Red Sunsets[122]
An Army Destroyed by Weather[138]
Types of Upper Clouds[152]
Types of Lower Clouds[152]
Types of Rain Clouds[152]
Kite-Flying—The New Way[162]
Kite-Flying—The Old Way[162]
The Explorer of the Upper Air[172]
Snow-Flakes from the Upper Regions of the Air[186]
Snow-Flakes from the Middle Regions of the Air[186]
Snow-Flakes from the Lower Regions of the Air[186]
Ringing the Frost Alarm[192]
Fighting Frost in an Orchard—Night[206]
Fighting Frost in an Orchard—Dawn[206]
Bucking a Snow-Drift[212]
Clear the Way![212]
Measuring the Blizzard's Rage[224]
Signals on Delaware Breakwater[236]
Signal Tower for Storm Warnings[236]
Thermometers and Rain-Gauge[246]
Pencil Drawings of Tornado in Dakota[256]
True Tornado Forming in Advance of a Dust Whirl[268]
Tornado Dropping Towards Ground[268]
Tornado Wrecking a Farm[276]
Tornado Whirling Sidewise[276]
Galveston Causeway Before and After the Hurricane[286]
Shot from the Gun of a Hurricane[296]
Scale of Winds, Illustrated by Clipper Ships[304]
Branch Lightning and Multiple Flash[314]
Eiffel Tower Struck by Lightning[320]
Lightning Flash Striking Building[320]
Mules Carried in the Air Three Miles from Their Stable[328]
Grand Piano Picked Up by a Tornado and Dropped in a Cow-Pasture[328]