Armistice Day Storm - November 11, 1940 - Acknowledgements

Armistice Day Stormof 1940: Acknowledgements

Jeff Boyne, NWS La Crosse, WI

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The National Weather Service office in La Crosse, WI would like to sincerely thank the following for their assistance in compiling the information contained in this web site:

All the individuals who so graciously shared their accounts.
Boulay, P. (2009, October 27). Working with the state climatologist. Presentation at Sub Regional DAPM/OPL Conference, National Weather Service Office, Chanhassen, MN.
Dutter, Michael (NWS Marquette - 2015). A Retrospective Look at the Great Armistice Day Storm of 1940: Using Numerical Modeling to Simulate Conditions on the Great Lakes during this Fateful Storm
Friese, M. (2008). A cook’s journey: Slow food in the heartland. North Liberty IA: Ice Cube Press
Galloping Gertie. Retrieved from https://www.nwrain.net/~newtsuit/recoveries/narrows/gg.htm
Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum (2009). Survivor stories. Retrieved from: https://www.shipwreckmuseum.com/stories.phtml?artid=53
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Irvine, T. (1999, December 29). The Tacoma Narrows Bridge failure. Retrieved from https://www.vibrationdata.com/Tacoma.htm
Interorganizational Committee on Principals and Guidelines for Social Impact. (2003, September). Principals and guidelines for social impact assessment in the USA. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal. 21(3), 231-250
Knarr, A.J. (1941, June). The Midwest storm of November 11, 1940. Monthly Weather Review. 69 (6). 169-178.
Lorenz, E. (1996). The evolution of dynamic meteorology. In James Rodger Fleming (Ed). Historical essays on meteorology 1919-1995. Boston MA: American Meteorological Society.
Minnesota Climatology Working Group
Minnesota Public Radio
NWS Quad Cities Remembering the Armistice Day Blizzard of 1940 ( https://www.crh.noaa.gov/dvn/?n=armistice_day_blizzard )
Oosting, J. (2008, April 6). Shipwrecks a time capsule of the Great Lakes. Retrieved from https://blog.mlive.com/michigan/2008/04 shipwrecks_a_time_capsule_of_t.html
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Swails, T. (2005). Superstorms: Extreme weather in the heart of the heartland. Helena MT: Farcountry Press.
Washburn, L. (2008). The icy winds of death: The Armistice Day blizzard November 11, 1940. Iowa Outdoors. 67(5), 34-41.
Whitnah, D. (1961). A History of the United States Weather Bureau. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press.