The Coming Global Superstorm: And How to Prevent It

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Summary: For the Critic's
Review: For the the critics who feel that this book was nothing but BS,one might whistle a different tune and be less critical after reading what the EPA has to say about the implications of global warming. The EPA site should satisfy the "thirst" for scientific data that is alledgedly missing from the Bell-Strieber book.

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Summary: Save your money and buy a book on a scientific topic
Review: Bell once again rehashes kindergarten-level scientific mumbo-jumbo to exploit current topics of interest, in order to capitalize on his fame, and make a few extra bucks. Save your money and buy a book with some science content.

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Summary: The Coming Global Superstorm
Review: Overall, I liked the book. I think it would have been easier to read if it had been either a story or based on research. I would have preferred to read factual information rather than a possible story of what might happen. I think it is an interesting theory but it seems like a long shot at best.

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Summary: The Superstorm on Mars & More
Review: When I heard that The Coming Global Superstorm was being published, I was thrilled. It is important to get the word out about the problems of global warming, and this book vividly describes one of its potential scenarios.

As an author of the book Dead Mars, Dying Earth, along with Dr. John Brandenburg, I have spent the last several years researching the Earth science behind carbon dioxide and global warming. I have come to a similar conclusion: We must be aware of the potential risks to avert catastrophe. I applaud all efforts that expand our awareness on this subject; particularly those that take dry scientific information and make it live for us.

Take it from one who has read those dusty science journals; the science is there to support the vision of The Coming Global Superstorm . If things get too far out of balance, bad things happen on planets. We describe a similar storm that takes place on Mars in our own book.

Last of all, if we face the problem, we'll be able to do something about it.

Personally, I feel that we can solve the problems of global warming and keep our technologies, transportation, and economies, but timing and action is everything. John and I are personally committed to embracing solutions which will propel us to a whole new era of human life on the most exotic planet we know: Earth.

Monica Rix Paxson, author, Dead Mars, Dying Earth, [e-mail]

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Summary: Fiction or Non-fiction?
Review: Though this book is fascinating, some of the content poses questions. For example, on Page 24, the authors refer to a terrible ice superstorm in Australia with temperatures of 12 degrees celsius. We double-checked and confirmed this is about 64 degrees farenheit. Pretty warm for an ice storm! Without being too picky, the balance of the book is balanced between describing catastrophic storm scenarios and cautionary warnings based on historical events taken out of context.

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Summary: Where is the nearest library?
Review: Being a storm lover, I eagerly anticipated receiving and reading this book. I was not disappointed in the sections describing "The Storm". But, the balance of the book (unfortunately the majority) was not fulfilling. After reading many other reviews of Bell's literary attempts, I must agree that the fictional narratives come off well, but the sceintific parts are grossly unobjective and 90% unbelieveable. (Just in case, I am glad that I live in Florida!) I suggest a visit to the library for those interested in reading this book.

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Summary: The Coming Global Superstorm
Review: According to this new book, a monstrous storm of extremely damaging winds, nonstop snow and ice is on its way and could mean the end of our civilization. Depending on when the storm arrives, whether it is Winter or Summer, will determine whether we enter another Ice Age. The main brunt of the reason for the storm is that the North Atlantic Current, which helps maintain our current climate, will shift - allowing for Arctic air to plunge southward. Bell and Strieber claim that Global Warming has moved forward this natural phenomena of superstorms by several thousand years because of humans' poor stewardship of the planet (use of fossil fuels, toxic waste etc.) "Nineteen ninety-nine was the most violent year in the modern history of weather. So was 1998. So was 1997. And 1996." This period of violent weather is a warning, say the authors. Bell and Strieber point to woolly mammoths frozen while chewing vegetation and frozen orange trees found in northern Siberia as proof of prior superstorms which occur suddenly, without any warning. Many other interesting theories abound in the book, including the possibility of a technologically advanced civilization that lived about 10,000 years ago, but was wiped out by the last superstorm.

Art Bell is a well-known radio talk show host. His show covers conspiracy theories, UFOs, unexplained phenomena, global warming and other unusual topics. Whitley Strieber is best known as being the author of the bestselling book, Communion: A True Story, an account of alien abduction. Bell and Strieber lay the groundwork for their theory of the coming superstorm in the main text, but there is also a running fictional account of what happens when the storm arrives. The fictional story is both exciting and frightening; it could have easily made a gripping sf novel on its own merit.

The authors show good scientific instincts in picking this outcome rather than the standard one; their conception of a sudden reorganization of prevailing wind currents that mixes tropic and artic air directly in a giant superstorm is a creative and credible hypothesis. The Coming Global Superstorm is a frightening book whose message of weather-generated doom will hit home for those who follow our increasingly bad weather. Even skeptics may find some of the scientific evidence hard to refute. Fans of Art Bell's show, weather buffs and geologists should find plenty of things to pique their interest here.

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Summary: Superb writing but does it have a scientific basis?
Review: I could not put down the book. I had to read it into the wee hours of the morning. This indicates the superb writing that illustrates the scenario that the authors wanted to tell the reader. But is it backed up adequately by science? The central idea of the book is one that I have held for a long time, and that is that global warming will cause evaporation of water vapor into the atmosphere, more clouds, rain, snow, and snow that does not melt in the summer in the Arctic; hence the beginning of the next ice age. If this happened I would expect a buildup of at least a few centuries, but the book says it will happen in just two weeks! So are the authors taking a truth and blowing it up out of proportion? I note here that the authors are not scientists but mediaists and so would be motivated to evolve into hyperbole instead of verifying theories. I would like to see what professional meteorologists and climatologists say about the two author's theories.

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Summary: Interesting Premise, Bad Execution
Review: Although Bell and Strieber present fascinating information in support of their hypothesis about superstorms, the material could have been presented in 50 interesting pages. Instead this book takes 236 pages to present the same information over and over again. There could have been a powerful message about action needed to avert the superstorm. Unfortunately, it was seriously diluted in the repetitiveness.

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Summary: The Coming Global Superstorm
Review: I give this book 5 stars...so you can go buy it and when the Ice Storm comes, you can burn it to keep you warm. Seriously, it is only good to burn.