The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Coming Death of America's Coastal CitiesPredicts 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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Among the ten thousand miles of dredged waterways in Louisiana was
something called the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet , or “ Mr . Go . ” Displacing
more dirt than the Panama Canal when it was built and destroying twenty
thousand acres of ...
Among the ten thousand miles of dredged waterways in Louisiana was
something called the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet , or “ Mr . Go . ” Displacing
more dirt than the Panama Canal when it was built and destroying twenty
thousand acres of ...
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And Americans suddenly wondered why we were spending so many billions
rebuilding schools and sewage - treatment plants in Iraq when we desperately
needed to rebuild them along our own Gulf coast . One storm hit America , and in
a ...
And Americans suddenly wondered why we were spending so many billions
rebuilding schools and sewage - treatment plants in Iraq when we desperately
needed to rebuild them along our own Gulf coast . One storm hit America , and in
a ...
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Twenty - three days later , Rita set the mark as the most powerful hurricane ever
recorded in the Gulf of Mexico and , with a barometric pressure of 26 . 49 inches ,
became the fourth most poweful ever in the Atlantic Basin . She had sustained ...
Twenty - three days later , Rita set the mark as the most powerful hurricane ever
recorded in the Gulf of Mexico and , with a barometric pressure of 26 . 49 inches ,
became the fourth most poweful ever in the Atlantic Basin . She had sustained ...
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Real Reason Katrina Happened | 7 |
Why Do Societies Commit Suicide? | 33 |
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| Título | The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Coming Death of America's Coastal Cities |
| Autor | Mike Tidwell |
| Editor | Free Press, 2006 |
| ISBN | 1416560246, 9781416560241 |
| Largo | 196 páginas |
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