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The Air Around You
This satellite image shows
Hurricane Bonnie, which struck North Carolina in 1998.
The storm was nearly 400 miles wide, with the highest recorded wind gust at 104 mph. Overall damages were estimated in the
$1.0 billion dollar range, and three deaths were attributed to the Category 3 storm.
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Authors
Susan Leach Snyder
Education Division
Washington, D.C.
Dinah Zike
Earth Science Teacher, Consultant
Jones Middle School
Upper Arlington, OH
Educational Consultant
Dinah-Might Activities, Inc.
San Antonio, TX
Series Consultants
CONTENT
READING
ACTIVITY TESTERS
William C. Keel,
8/23/04
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NASA/Science Photo Library/Photo Researchers
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The Air Around You
This satellite image shows
Hurricane Bonnie, which struck North Carolina in 1998.
The storm was nearly 400 miles wide, with the highest recorded wind gust at 104 mph. Overall damages were estimated in the
$1.0 billion dollar range, and three deaths were attributed to the Category 3 storm.
Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without prior written permission of the publisher.
The National Geographic features were designed and developed by the National Geographic Society’s
Education Division. Copyright © National Geographic Society.The name “National Geographic Society” and the Yellow Border Rectangle are trademarks of the Society, and their use, without prior written permission, is strictly prohibited.
The “Science and Society” and the “Science and History” features that appear in this book were designed and developed by TIME School Publishing, a division of TIME Magazine.TIME and the red border are trademarks of Time Inc. All rights reserved.
Send all inquiries to:
Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
8787 Orion Place
Columbus, OH 43240-4027
ISBN: 0-07-861758-8
Printed in the United States of America.
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 027/043 09 08 07 06 05 04
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Authors
Susan Leach Snyder
Education Division
Washington, D.C.
Dinah Zike
Earth Science Teacher, Consultant
Jones Middle School
Upper Arlington, OH
Educational Consultant
Dinah-Might Activities, Inc.
San Antonio, TX
Series Consultants
CONTENT
READING
ACTIVITY TESTERS
William C. Keel,