TY - BOOK AU - Fradin,Judith Bloom AU - Fradin,Dennis B. TI - Tsunamis T2 - Witness to disaster SN - 9780792253808 (trade) AV - GC221.2 .F73 2008 U1 - 551.46/37 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - National Geographic Society KW - Tsunamis KW - Juvenile literature KW - sears N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-45) and index; "Like Niagara Falls moving towards us" -- "A wave 800 feet tall" -- "Everything had become sea" -- "Out of the blue"; 6.9; Follett Library Resources; 3-6; Follett Library Resources; 3-6 N2 - Explains the science behind why tsunamis occur, provides accounts of some of history's worst tsunamis, and looks at how researchers are working to be able to predict and prepare for such disasters ER -