The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Coming Death of America's Coastal CitiesFree Press, 2006 - 196 páginas Predicts a rise in ocean levels throughout the next few decades and more catastrophic weather patterns that are threatening some of the nation's largest cities, identifying the consequences of the past century's consumption of fossil fuels. |
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... flow in rather unexpected ways from the fact that the Big Easy has always been under the threat of too much water . From the very start , there was flooding in New Orleans . In 1718 , the year French colonists first settled along that ...
... flow in rather unexpected ways from the fact that the Big Easy has always been under the threat of too much water . From the very start , there was flooding in New Orleans . In 1718 , the year French colonists first settled along that ...
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... flow and flooding from the Mississippi . Draining nearly two - thirds of the lower forty - eight states , from the Montana Rockies to the Appalachians of New York state and every- thing in between , the river annually transported to ...
... flow and flooding from the Mississippi . Draining nearly two - thirds of the lower forty - eight states , from the Montana Rockies to the Appalachians of New York state and every- thing in between , the river annually transported to ...
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... flow out when you want it and where you want it , traveling through carefully designed pipelines and canals . The result would be new land . In 1991 , the Army Corps built a modest con- crete " diversion " project south of New Orleans ...
... flow out when you want it and where you want it , traveling through carefully designed pipelines and canals . The result would be new land . In 1991 , the Army Corps built a modest con- crete " diversion " project south of New Orleans ...
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Real Reason Katrina Happened | 7 |
Ignoring the Warning Signs in Louisiana | 20 |
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