Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research, and Environment
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Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Field Briefing on Tornado Prediction and Preparedness in the Carolinas During the Severe Weather of March 28, 1984
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research, and Environment
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Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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Publisher:
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Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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Field Briefing on Tornado Prediction and Preparedness in the Carolinas During the Severe Weather of March 28, 1984
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research, and Environment
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Category : Tornado warning systems
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Category : Tornado warning systems
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Acts of God
Author: Ted Steinberg
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199838917
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
As the waters of the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain began to pour into New Orleans, people began asking the big question--could any of this have been avoided? How much of the damage from Hurricane Katrina was bad luck, and how much was poor city planning? Steinberg's Acts of God is a provocative history of natural disasters in the United States. This revised edition features a new chapter analyzing the failed response to Hurricane Katrina, a disaster Steinberg warned could happen when the book first was published. Focusing on America's worst natural disasters, Steinberg argues that it is wrong to see these tragedies as random outbursts of nature's violence or expressions of divine judgment. He reveals how the decisions of business leaders and government officials have paved the way for the greater losses of life and property, especially among those least able to withstand such blows--America's poor, elderly, and minorities. Seeing nature or God as the primary culprit, Steinberg explains, has helped to hide the fact that some Americans are simply better able to protect themselves from the violence of nature than others. In the face of revelations about how the federal government mishandled the Katrina calamity, this book is a must-read before further wind and water sweep away more lives. Acts of God is a call to action that needs desperately to be heard.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199838917
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
As the waters of the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain began to pour into New Orleans, people began asking the big question--could any of this have been avoided? How much of the damage from Hurricane Katrina was bad luck, and how much was poor city planning? Steinberg's Acts of God is a provocative history of natural disasters in the United States. This revised edition features a new chapter analyzing the failed response to Hurricane Katrina, a disaster Steinberg warned could happen when the book first was published. Focusing on America's worst natural disasters, Steinberg argues that it is wrong to see these tragedies as random outbursts of nature's violence or expressions of divine judgment. He reveals how the decisions of business leaders and government officials have paved the way for the greater losses of life and property, especially among those least able to withstand such blows--America's poor, elderly, and minorities. Seeing nature or God as the primary culprit, Steinberg explains, has helped to hide the fact that some Americans are simply better able to protect themselves from the violence of nature than others. In the face of revelations about how the federal government mishandled the Katrina calamity, this book is a must-read before further wind and water sweep away more lives. Acts of God is a call to action that needs desperately to be heard.
Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1258
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1258
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Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: United States. Superintendent of Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages :
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February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index
Legislative Calendar
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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CIS Index to Publications of the United States Congress
Author: Congressional Information Service
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 984
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 984
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A Selected Annotated Bibliography of Recent ... Natural Hazards Publications
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Category : Hazardous geographic environments
Languages : en
Pages : 110
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Category : Hazardous geographic environments
Languages : en
Pages : 110
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CIS Four-year Cumulative Index
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1118
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1118
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CIS Annual
Author:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1168
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Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1168
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