So Much Weather!: Facts, Phenomena and Weather Lore from Atlantic Canada

Juliet Nielsen is an academic librarian in the Science and Technology
Library, University of Alberta.

This well-written book of science and history says a lot about the
weather in Canada. And there is a lot to be said! Many people think of
Canada as a land of ice and snow, but Canadians also live through
drought, heat waves, summer storms, and hail. We talk about the weather
every day, but Saunders takes that discussion to a whole new level. This
engaging book discusses all kinds of weather and how the weather affects
people but focuses on the extreme weather found in the Maritime
Provinces. Written in a chat-over-coffee tone, Saunders manages to
impart a wide range of weather lore, science, and trivia so casually
that it is easy to not notice that this is a science book.

The topics change effortlessly and range from the history of weather,
to human responses to weather, to the science of weather, and all points
in between. This book is chock full of interesting facts that are woven
into the story of weather. The first cast iron stove, invented by
Benjamin Franklin, was inspired by cold weather because Franklin
believed that there had to be a better way to harness the heat from a
fireplace and stay warmer in the winter. The iron stove then changed the
way we built houses for the deep winter cold. The text moves from a
discussion of storms in the Atlantic to the names of winds and then to
an explanation of sun dogs, all the while holding the reader’s
interest and growing fascination. This book is a valuable resource for
anyone wanting a better understanding of the science of weather or of
how weather shapes life in Canada.