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 THEN THERE ARE THE STORMS . In September 1985 , Hurricane Gloria
steamed up the Atlantic coast and made landfall just above the mouth of New
York Harbor , passing north of Manhattan . As a Category 2 storm , its surge tide ...
AND THEN THERE ARE THE STORMS . In September 1985 , Hurricane Gloria
steamed up the Atlantic coast and made landfall just above the mouth of New
York Harbor , passing north of Manhattan . As a Category 2 storm , its surge tide ...
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By inducing up to three feet of sea - level rise worldwide , we are in essence
creating high - tide conditions all the time , everywhere on the planet ,
guaranteeing that even Category 2 storms like Gloria will be surge - tide
heavyweights .
By inducing up to three feet of sea - level rise worldwide , we are in essence
creating high - tide conditions all the time , everywhere on the planet ,
guaranteeing that even Category 2 storms like Gloria will be surge - tide
heavyweights .
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Never before had seven tropical storms formed before August 1 ( old record : five
in 1977 ) . ... Then Vince actually struck the continent , coming ashore as a
tropical storm in Spain , a country that had never experienced such an event
going all ...
Never before had seven tropical storms formed before August 1 ( old record : five
in 1977 ) . ... Then Vince actually struck the continent , coming ashore as a
tropical storm in Spain , a country that had never experienced such an event
going all ...
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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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