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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... River , heavy rains sent river water pouring into the settlement , flooding crude homes made of cypress , moss , and clay . So began nearly three centuries of human struggle against the third - longest river on earth . Using simple ...
... River , heavy rains sent river water pouring into the settlement , flooding crude homes made of cypress , moss , and clay . So began nearly three centuries of human struggle against the third - longest river on earth . Using simple ...
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... River . At the mouth of every great river system in the world , he said , there are two basic geologic phenomena at work . The first one , the one most people are familiar with , is flooding . The whole ragged sole of the Louisiana boot ...
... River . At the mouth of every great river system in the world , he said , there are two basic geologic phenomena at work . The first one , the one most people are familiar with , is flooding . The whole ragged sole of the Louisiana boot ...
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... river or harbor entrance downstream from a metropolis . One might be built , for example , across the upper Potomac River near Mount Vernon , thus protecting D.C. , and another across the Patapsco River along the upper Bay , thus ...
... river or harbor entrance downstream from a metropolis . One might be built , for example , across the upper Potomac River near Mount Vernon , thus protecting D.C. , and another across the Patapsco River along the upper Bay , thus ...
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Real Reason Katrina Happened | 7 |
Ignoring the Warning Signs in Louisiana | 20 |
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