Mike’s Book

“Smith skillfully makes this and other controversies seem not just important, but exciting. Meteorology, in his telling, has the same bare-knuckle energy we see in politics or sports. These battles, many of which Smith himself fought in, reveal how much of our modern, weather-safe lifestyle is contingent on personalities, and could have gone another way.

While weather forecasters often appear starchy and bland, Smith makes the weather into an urgent concern, and a remarkable victory. This story turns the weather into a quest, and meteorologists into the most unlikely heroes in recent literature.”

-Kevin Nenstiel
University of Nebraska

Now Available!

Warnings: The True Story of How Science Tamed the Weather
The never-before-told story of how, in the last 50 years, the science of weather has been more successful at saving lives than cardiology, cancer research or traffic safety. Warnings takes you behind the scenes to meet the people who, sometimes against difficult odds, created these breakthroughs.

Written in the style of a novel, Mike Smith takes the reader on a fascinating 50-year journey of science and courage. If you have ever taken a commercial airline flight, taken shelter in a basement from a tornado, fled the path of a hurricane, or are intrigued by weather, you will love this book.

Did you know?

• Tornado deaths have been cut by 94% in the last 50 years.
• That wind shear-caused airline crashes have been eliminated due to the dedication of a single talented scientist who bucked the scientific “consensus” — and saved thousands of lives.
• What really went wrong in Hurricane Katrina and why it could happen again.

Warnings was published in 2010 by Greenleaf Book Group. The price is $24.95.

Warnings can be purchased through Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble eBook, Barnes & Noble Hardcover, or Watermark Books and Cafe.