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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... flood the national mall , located in the heart of downtown , just ten subway stops from my home . It would take what ... flooding in the nation's capital . Other areas , due to unique local conditions , will have it even worse . Some ...
... flood the national mall , located in the heart of downtown , just ten subway stops from my home . It would take what ... flooding in the nation's capital . Other areas , due to unique local conditions , will have it even worse . Some ...
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... floods , there will be no " accommodat- ing " sea - level rise . Nor will there be an orderly , manageable " planned ... flood button for coastal Louisiana . It was on a website run by a Louisiana conservation group , and it showed not ...
... floods , there will be no " accommodat- ing " sea - level rise . Nor will there be an orderly , manageable " planned ... flood button for coastal Louisiana . It was on a website run by a Louisiana conservation group , and it showed not ...
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... flood from a Category 3 storm , with almost all of lower Manhattan south of Broome Street under up to thirty feet of water . It's also the subsurface . Much of New York , like New Orleans , is below sea level . It's actually underground ...
... flood from a Category 3 storm , with almost all of lower Manhattan south of Broome Street under up to thirty feet of water . It's also the subsurface . Much of New York , like New Orleans , is below sea level . It's actually underground ...
Contenido
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Real Reason Katrina Happened | 7 |
Ignoring the Warning Signs in Louisiana | 20 |
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