TREADING ON THIN AIR HAS OFFICIALLY RELEASED
Treading On Thin Air, a book by Dr. Elizabeth Austin, CCM, President and Founder of WeatherExtreme Ltd. has officially released April 25th!
Treading On Thin Air is part memoir and reveals how the weather and climate are intimately tied to our daily lives. In her book, Dr. Austin will demystify climate change, revealing what is really happening with our climate and why, whether it is El Niño, tornadoes, floods or hurricanes. Weather and society are at its most fascinating at extremes, and as Dr. Austin is one of a handful of forensic meteorologists around the globe, she has been called upon to investigate plane crashes, murders, wildfires, avalanches, even bombing cases. Drawing upon her rich experiences, Austin’s Treading on Thin Air promises to be an enlightening and informative journey through the wild word of weather. Below is an excerpt from the book:
Weather is an inescapable part of our daily lives, from the nuances of air travel to the breadth of human history. Our past, present, and future is intimately rooted is weather and climate.
Weather, water, and climate. How we feel, how productive we are, even our sheer existence, depends on these three things. The United States economic activity varies annually by 1.7% due to weather—that is more than $500 billion dollars each year!