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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and it is this : At least those 1 . 3 million people had somewhere to run to . At least
there was a safe and secure mainland to receive them . Imagine a different
scenario . Imagine if all those men , women , and children had not been able to
flee ...
and it is this : At least those 1 . 3 million people had somewhere to run to . At least
there was a safe and secure mainland to receive them . Imagine a different
scenario . Imagine if all those men , women , and children had not been able to
flee ...
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By my own calculations , this means that the Louisiana of Teddy Roosevelt ' s day
would have knocked down at least five to nine feet of the eighteen - foot surge
that eventually overtopped the Industrial Canal levee and destroyed the Lower ...
By my own calculations , this means that the Louisiana of Teddy Roosevelt ' s day
would have knocked down at least five to nine feet of the eighteen - foot surge
that eventually overtopped the Industrial Canal levee and destroyed the Lower ...
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Hurricanes are monstrous systems that feed ravenously on both heat and
moisture . These storms form only over water that is at least 80 degrees
Fahrenheit to a depth of 150 feet . The air above a warm ocean , in turn , holds
more moisture .
Hurricanes are monstrous systems that feed ravenously on both heat and
moisture . These storms form only over water that is at least 80 degrees
Fahrenheit to a depth of 150 feet . The air above a warm ocean , in turn , holds
more moisture .
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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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