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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... record was twenty - one , set in 1933. Never before had fourteen full - blown hurricanes formed in a single season ( old record : twelve in 1969 ) . Never before had four major hurricanes hit the United States ( old record : three in ...
... record was twenty - one , set in 1933. Never before had fourteen full - blown hurricanes formed in a single season ( old record : twelve in 1969 ) . Never before had four major hurricanes hit the United States ( old record : three in ...
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... record : five in 1977 ) . Like Zeta , many of the storms themselves had extremely odd char- acteristics . In October , Hurricane Vince formed west of Spain near the Madeira Islands in the northeastern Atlantic . Very , very few ...
... record : five in 1977 ) . Like Zeta , many of the storms themselves had extremely odd char- acteristics . In October , Hurricane Vince formed west of Spain near the Madeira Islands in the northeastern Atlantic . Very , very few ...
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... record surge of 29 feet measured at Bay St. Louis , Mississippi . Twenty - three days later , Rita set the mark as ... record winds and low pressure - translated directly into record impacts on human beings , of course . When three of ...
... record surge of 29 feet measured at Bay St. Louis , Mississippi . Twenty - three days later , Rita set the mark as ... record winds and low pressure - translated directly into record impacts on human beings , of course . When three of ...
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Real Reason Katrina Happened | 7 |
Ignoring the Warning Signs in Louisiana | 20 |
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