CIG to Natural Disasters provides clear, concise information on the causes and effects of natural disasters: earthquakes, volcanoes, mudslides, sinkholes, tornadoes, El Nino, lightning strikes, hurricanes, floods, blizzards, droughts, insect infestations, epidemics, famines, and celestial events (meteor strikes and sunspots). The book also details where to live to experience the most -- or the least -- disasters, and discusses basic disaster preparedness.-- Quake prediction, from seismographs to livestock prophecy!-- Surf's up -- tsunamis (tidal waves)-- We're not in Kansas anymore -- tornadoes' prime locations-- Water spouts and other minor big winds-- El Nino, from Mexico to Borneo-- The mysterious mistral -- going crazy on the Cote d'Azur-- Pyres, fires, and conflagrations of note-- Frozen water -- blizzards and how to survive them-- German cockroaches and the Teutonic plague