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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Which is why just before September 11 , 2001 , I spent $ 2 , 400 on a “
Countryside ” corn stove manufactured in Hutchinson , Minnesota . No bigger
than an average TV console , the stove sits in one corner of my first - floor living
room and , for ...
Which is why just before September 11 , 2001 , I spent $ 2 , 400 on a “
Countryside ” corn stove manufactured in Hutchinson , Minnesota . No bigger
than an average TV console , the stove sits in one corner of my first - floor living
room and , for ...
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From the first day I turned it on , my corn stove exceeded all my expectations ,
conveniently heating my home and saving me money . It worked so well that a
neighborhood newspaper story that first autumn inspired three other families in ...
From the first day I turned it on , my corn stove exceeded all my expectations ,
conveniently heating my home and saving me money . It worked so well that a
neighborhood newspaper story that first autumn inspired three other families in ...
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narrow country roads packed to the dome light with corn . Worse , a system like
this would never inspire large numbers of other urbanites to use corn for home
heating , as was our ultimate vision . “ What you need is one of those , ” said Gary
...
narrow country roads packed to the dome light with corn . Worse , a system like
this would never inspire large numbers of other urbanites to use corn for home
heating , as was our ultimate vision . “ What you need is one of those , ” said Gary
...
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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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