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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... turning the majority of America's coastal cities into places greatly resembling New Orleans . Thanks to global warm- ing ... turn a blind eye to global warming the same way we once ignored the dire pleas for stronger levees in Louisiana ...
... turning the majority of America's coastal cities into places greatly resembling New Orleans . Thanks to global warm- ing ... turn a blind eye to global warming the same way we once ignored the dire pleas for stronger levees in Louisiana ...
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... turn , holds more moisture . As sea - surface temperatures increase , so do the moisture levels in the air above , and this moisture constitutes the raw fuel for hurricane growth . A storm gets its start when an area of low pressure ...
... turn , holds more moisture . As sea - surface temperatures increase , so do the moisture levels in the air above , and this moisture constitutes the raw fuel for hurricane growth . A storm gets its start when an area of low pressure ...
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... turn the strip on . When I've fin- ished using the appliance , I turn the strip off and suddenly in my living room there's no flashing VCR clock , no warm cable box , no lights anywhere . The round - the - clock electricity “ leakage ...
... turn the strip on . When I've fin- ished using the appliance , I turn the strip off and suddenly in my living room there's no flashing VCR clock , no warm cable box , no lights anywhere . The round - the - clock electricity “ leakage ...
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Real Reason Katrina Happened | 7 |
Ignoring the Warning Signs in Louisiana | 20 |
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