Rising Above The Great Flood Of 2016

Author : Adin P. Putnam
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781366296009
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rising Above: the Great Flood Of 2016 written by Adin P. Putnam and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The August 2016 flood in south central Louisiana left thousands without homes or transportation, destroyed businesses and infrastructure on an epic scale never before witnessed. The city of Denham Springs, Louisiana was particularly hard hit with 90% of its structures flooded. Photographer Adin Putnam, who like so many lost his home in the flooding, takes you on a photographic journey into the heart of the devastation just days after the storms, showing the destruction and how the people of Denham Springs rose above to find strength and hope out of all they lost.

Author : John M. Barry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rising Tide written by John M. Barry and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great Mississippi flood of 1927 and how it changed America.

Author : Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rising Above the Floods written by Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : BH Media Group
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781734592306
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rising Above written by BH Media Group and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2019, Nebraska and Iowa endured one of the costliest inland floods ever experienced in the United States. But from the enormous loss came acts of bravery and kindness that inspired hope and symbolized the strength and resiliency of the heartland. Rising Above tells the stories of a disaster that won't soon be forgotten.

Author : Nazrin Shah
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198897774
Total Pages : 593 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Globalization: Perak's Rise, Relative Decline, and Regeneration written by Nazrin Shah and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-03-21 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by Sultan Nazrin Shah - the author of the highly acclaimed works Charting the Economy and Striving for Inclusive Development - this book is a pioneering study of the many economic and social changes in the natural resource-rich Malaysian state of Perak over the last two centuries. When globalization first took hold and international trade networks broadened and deepened in the first half of the 19th century, and a new capitalist world order emerged in the second, Perak was a key player. Its tin was in high demand in Western industrializing countries and foreign capital, labour, and technology propelled it forward. By 1900, Perak accounted for almost half of Malaya's tin output and a staggering quarter of world output, with its prosperity making it the Malay peninsula's commercial hub. Likewise, during the global rubber boom that began in the early 20th century as cars were mass produced for the first time, Perak was the largest rubber-producing state in the peninsula. This book brings together a range of key sub-themes - economic geography, the institutional legacy of colonialism, increasing federal government centralization, forces of economic agglomeration, and human migration - which drove Perak's fortunes in sometimes dramatic economic cycles and ultimately led to the collapse of its tin and rubber industries and the migration of many of its young and skilled. The book concludes by looking forward, analysing Perak's characteristics, and extrapolating lessons from formerly wealthy industrial centres originally blessed with natural resources but subsequently left behind by new waves of globalization, such as Cornwall and Sheffield in the United Kingdom, and Pittsburgh and Scranton in the United States. With a new vision Perak can regenerate itself and once again emerge triumphant against a tough global background-Covid-19, war, and deglobalization.

Author : William Ryan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0684859203
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Noah's Flood written by William Ryan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1998 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basing their research on geophysics, oral legends, and archaeology, the authors offer evidence that the flood in the book of Genesis actually occurred.

Author : Geoff Williams
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1639361383
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Washed Away written by Geoff Williams and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The incredible story of a flood of near-biblical proportions -- its destruction, its heroes and victims, and how it shaped America's natural-disaster policies for the next century. The storm began March 23, 1913, with a series of tornadoes that killed 150 people and injured 400. Then the freezing rains started and the flooding began. It continued for days. Some people drowned in their attics, others on the roads when they tried to flee. It was the nation's most widespread flood ever—more than 700 people died, hundreds of thousands of homes and buildings were destroyed, and millions were left homeless. The destruction extended far beyond the Ohio valley to Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, New York, New Jersey, and Vermont. Fourteen states in all, and every major and minor river east of the Mississippi. In the aftermath, flaws in America's natural disaster response system were exposed, echoing today's outrage over Katrina. People demanded change. Laws were passed, and dams were built. Teams of experts vowed to develop flood control techniques for the region and stop flooding for good. So far those efforts have succeeded. It is estimated that in the Miami Valley alone, nearly 2,000 floods have been prevented, and the same methods have been used as a model for flood control nationwide and around the world.

Author : Bethany Hamilton
Publisher : Zonderkidz
ISBN 13 : 0310757355
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rise Above written by Bethany Hamilton and published by Zonderkidz. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Rise Above, a book of devotions, teen surfing star Bethany Hamilton shares with young girls her courage and enthusiasm for God, inspiring them to face life head on and stand strong in their faith.

Author : Jeff Goodell
Publisher : Black Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1743820178
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Water Will Come written by Jeff Goodell and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eye-opening and essential tour of the vanishing world What if Atlantis wasn’t a myth, but an early precursor to a new age of great flooding? Across the globe, scientists and civilians alike are noticing rapidly rising sea levels, and higher and higher tides pushing more water directly into the places we live, from our most vibrant, historic cities to our last remaining traditional coastal villages. With each crack in the great ice sheets of the Arctic and Antarctica, and each tick upwards of Earth's thermometer, we are moving closer to the brink of broad disaster. By century’s end, hundreds of millions of people will be retreating from the world's shores as our coasts become inundated and our landscapes transformed. From island nations to the world's major cities, coastal regions will disappear. Engineering projects to hold back the water are bold and may buy some time. Yet despite international efforts and tireless research, there is no permanent solution – no barriers to erect or walls to build – that will protect us in the end from the drowning of the world as we know it. The Water Will Come is the definitive account of the coming water, why and how this will happen, and what it will all mean. As he travels across twelve countries and reports from the front lines, acclaimed journalist Jeff Goodell employs fact, science, and first-person, on-the-ground journalism to show vivid scenes from what already is becoming a water world. ‘This harrowing, compulsively readable, and carefully researched book lays out in clear-eyed detail what Earth’s changing climate means for us today, and what it will mean for future generations ... It’s a thriller in which the hero in peril is us.’ ―John Green, bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars ‘Jeff Goodell grabs you on the first page and doesn't hold up until this essential story is told. He presents a vivid warning and a call to arms to the generation that gets to decide how fast, and how high, the water will come.’ ―Scott Ludlam, former Australian Greens Senator ‘A well-rounded, persuasive survey.... A frightening, scientifically grounded, and starkly relevant look at how climate change will affect coastal cities.’ ―Kirkus, Starred Review ‘In this engaging book, environmental writer Goodell points out that while sea levels have always risen and fallen, the current rise is driven primarily by the dramatically accelerating melting of the arctic ice caps, and with so many cities on seashores, this will be devastating.’ ―Booklist, Starred Review

Author : Orrin H. Pilkey
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231541805
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Retreat from a Rising Sea written by Orrin H. Pilkey and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-24 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sobering examination of climate-change and the disastrous effects of rising sea levels explains what must be done to avoid the worst outcomes. By the end of this century, hundreds of millions of people living at low elevations along coasts will be forced to retreat to higher and safer ground. Because of sea-level rise, major storms will inundate areas farther inland and will lay waste to critical infrastructure, such as water-treatment and energy facilities, creating vast, irreversible pollution by decimating landfills and toxic-waste sites. Retreat from a Rising Sea explains in gripping terms what rising oceans will do to coastal cities—detailing the specific threats faced by Miami, New Orleans, New York, and Amsterdam. This policy-oriented book then lays out the drastic actions we must take now to remove vulnerable populations. Aware of the overwhelming social, political, and economic challenges that would accompany effective action, the authors consider the burden to the taxpayer and the logistics of moving landmarks and infrastructure, including toxic-waste sites. They also show readers the alternative: thousands of environmental refugees, with no legitimate means to regain what they have lost. The authors conclude with effective approaches for addressing climate-change denialism and powerful arguments for reforming U.S. federal coastal management policies.