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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What if , instead of the few thousand who couldn ' t or wouldn ' t flee Katrina , all
the people of New Orleans and surrounding parishes were left behind . Picture
every last schoolteacher and grandmother and checkout girl and auto mechanic
...
What if , instead of the few thousand who couldn ' t or wouldn ' t flee Katrina , all
the people of New Orleans and surrounding parishes were left behind . Picture
every last schoolteacher and grandmother and checkout girl and auto mechanic
...
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It predicted in great detail that a Katrina - like storm would soon destroy New
Orleans , leaving thousands of people dead and the national economy bruised .
When the hurricane did hit , precisely as foreseen , journalists from around the
world ...
It predicted in great detail that a Katrina - like storm would soon destroy New
Orleans , leaving thousands of people dead and the national economy bruised .
When the hurricane did hit , precisely as foreseen , journalists from around the
world ...
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Two WEEKS AFTER KATRINA ' S LANDFALL and the flooding of New Orleans ,
conservative columnist George Will wrote , “ It is likely that Katrina ' s lingering
reverberations will alter the makeup of the nation ' s mind far more than 9 / 11 did
.
Two WEEKS AFTER KATRINA ' S LANDFALL and the flooding of New Orleans ,
conservative columnist George Will wrote , “ It is likely that Katrina ' s lingering
reverberations will alter the makeup of the nation ' s mind far more than 9 / 11 did
.
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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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