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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Virtually everyone agreed this approach , combined with steps like closing the
Mississippi River Gulf Outlet , would make quick progress toward resecuring the
coast . The only problem was the cost . This comprehensive rescue package
would ...
Virtually everyone agreed this approach , combined with steps like closing the
Mississippi River Gulf Outlet , would make quick progress toward resecuring the
coast . The only problem was the cost . This comprehensive rescue package
would ...
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The cost of bulkheading a tidal shoreline in Maryland ranges from $ 600 to $ 1 ,
000 per linear foot . The ultimate cost to this one state could be nearly a billion
dollars , assuming the minimum cost of $ 600 per foot . Second , bulkheads wreck
...
The cost of bulkheading a tidal shoreline in Maryland ranges from $ 600 to $ 1 ,
000 per linear foot . The ultimate cost to this one state could be nearly a billion
dollars , assuming the minimum cost of $ 600 per foot . Second , bulkheads wreck
...
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With all this it must have been designed for the Space Shuttle and cost me $ 10 ,
000 , right ? Wrong . This fridge , which I immediately purchased , was itself a
Sears Kenmore . But it was an “ Energy Star ” version , year 2001 . It cost $ 750 ,
just ...
With all this it must have been designed for the Space Shuttle and cost me $ 10 ,
000 , right ? Wrong . This fridge , which I immediately purchased , was itself a
Sears Kenmore . But it was an “ Energy Star ” version , year 2001 . It cost $ 750 ,
just ...
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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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