An edition of Just seconds from the ocean (2007)

Just seconds from the ocean

coastal living in the wake of Katrina

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An edition of Just seconds from the ocean (2007)

Just seconds from the ocean

coastal living in the wake of Katrina

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English
Pages
142

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Cover of: Just seconds from the ocean
Just seconds from the ocean: coastal living in the wake of Katrina
2007, University Press of New England
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Table of Contents

The problem: coastal erosion, global warming, and hurricanes
Coastal erosion: Cape Cod
Hurricanes: too much of a good thing
New Orleans
The big one: 2005
New Orleans: the city too big for its breaches
First decisions
"All the king's horses and all the king's men":
Donald Powell, Spring 2006
Shrimpin' the full moon tide
Up the coast: the great Miami hurricane, September 18, 1926
Florida today
Cayo Costa, May 20, 2006
"Our town": Ipswich, Massachusetts, May 9-22, 2006
Legalities: Topsail Island, North Carolina, June 5, 2006
The Ash Wednesday storm, New Jersey, March 5-8, 1962
The Big Apple: the 1938 hurricane, New York
A tale of two cities: Galveston and Indianola, the 1900 storm
Beach renourishment: instant gratification?
The future
Rearranging deck chairs?: July 2006
Monday night football: the case for optimism, September 24, 2006
Just seconds from the ocean: Codfish Park, Nantucket.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-137) and index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
363.34/922097309146
Library of Congress
GB460.A2 S27 2007, GB460.A2S27 2007

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 142 p. :
Number of pages
142

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL16692896M
Internet Archive
justsecondsfromo0000sarg
ISBN 10
1584656891
ISBN 13
9781584656890
LCCN
2007041721
OCLC/WorldCat
176860946
Library Thing
6126011
Goodreads
3296675

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