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Just seconds from the ocean : coastal living in the wake of Katrina / William Sargent.

By: Publication details: Hanover : University Press of New England, c2007.Description: xiv, 142 p. : maps ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781584656890 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 1584656891 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.34/922097309146 22
LOC classification:
  • GB460.A2 S27 2007
Online resources:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks GB460 .A2 S27 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001073815

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

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.

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