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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Amtrak and Greyhound sent their last cars and buses rolling north , east , and
west — anywhere away from the storm . Prisoners were hustled off in chains .
Hospital patients who could be moved were evacuated — babies in incubators ...
Amtrak and Greyhound sent their last cars and buses rolling north , east , and
west — anywhere away from the storm . Prisoners were hustled off in chains .
Hospital patients who could be moved were evacuated — babies in incubators ...
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many of the hungry and sick lay stranded , above the water , for days after the
storm . But today there ' s traffic - cars , pickup trucks , eighteenwheelers — which
seems hopeful until I notice the license plates : Texas , Florida , Georgia , Arizona
.
many of the hungry and sick lay stranded , above the water , for days after the
storm . But today there ' s traffic - cars , pickup trucks , eighteenwheelers — which
seems hopeful until I notice the license plates : Texas , Florida , Georgia , Arizona
.
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A full 40 percent of Portland ' s CO2 emissions come from the cars , vans , and
trucks moving about the city . But only the U . S . Congress has the power to set
fuel economy standards for American cars , and it steadfastly 136 THE
RAVAGING ...
A full 40 percent of Portland ' s CO2 emissions come from the cars , vans , and
trucks moving about the city . But only the U . S . Congress has the power to set
fuel economy standards for American cars , and it steadfastly 136 THE
RAVAGING ...
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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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