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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... Florida , then mainland Florida , then the Bahamas . In the wee morning hours of Oc- tober 22 , NOAA “ hurricane hunters ” flying at over forty thousand feet in a twin - engine Gulfstream IV jet — named Gonzo for its unusually shaped ...
... Florida , then mainland Florida , then the Bahamas . In the wee morning hours of Oc- tober 22 , NOAA “ hurricane hunters ” flying at over forty thousand feet in a twin - engine Gulfstream IV jet — named Gonzo for its unusually shaped ...
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... Florida just be- low Naples with such force that even after crossing the Florida peninsula she had enough power to shatter much of south Florida's east coast . The storm cut off power to nearly six million people , caused $ 10 billion ...
... Florida just be- low Naples with such force that even after crossing the Florida peninsula she had enough power to shatter much of south Florida's east coast . The storm cut off power to nearly six million people , caused $ 10 billion ...
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... Florida . Hurricane Wilma struck Florida south of Naples , crossed over the Everglades , and still survived as the worst hurricane Fort Lauderdale had seen in fifty - five years . Imagine if Wilma had crossed over not a hundred miles of ...
... Florida . Hurricane Wilma struck Florida south of Naples , crossed over the Everglades , and still survived as the worst hurricane Fort Lauderdale had seen in fifty - five years . Imagine if Wilma had crossed over not a hundred miles of ...
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Real Reason Katrina Happened | 7 |
Ignoring the Warning Signs in Louisiana | 20 |
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