Saving Cascadia

Author : John J. Nance
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743279670
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Saving Cascadia written by John J. Nance and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2005-03-03 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A few hundred years ago, Cascadia Island didn't even exist. Like the Washington seacoast, it was rock submerged beneath the Pacific. A massive earthquake changed that, exploding the rock upward, making it land -- unstable land, according to seismologist Dr. Doug Lam. Lam has spent years researching the Cascadia Subduction Zone. He published a theory that the unrelieved tectonic strain beneath the idyllic landscape of Cascadia Island could be triggered with modern construction processes -- with catastrophic results. The paper was disregarded, even ridiculed, by his peers and by megawealthy developer Mick Walker, who stands to earn millions from the construction of a luxury resort on Cascadia. The elegant casino, hotel, and convention center will reap millions for him even if the tiny island only lasts for a short time... When a series of earthquakes begins to shake the Northwest Corridor, Doug's worst fears are confirmed. In an attempt to convince Walker to evacuate Cascadia immediately, Doug hurries to join guests arriving for the resort's grand opening. As the tremors wreak havoc across the Northwest coastal area, the military is left with too few resources to assist the people on Cascadia. Convinced that the island will be in ruins within hours, Doug reluctantly calls upon his girlfriend, Jennifer Lindstrom, president of Nightingale Aviation -- a major medical transport helicopter company -- for help. With snow falling, visibility dropping, and winds increasing, Doug embarks on an impossible mission with Jennifer and Nightingale's helicopters to evacuate over three hundred people, while smaller earthquakes continue to herald the approach of a catastrophic tsunami. John J. Nance hurtles readers along a nail-biting quest to rescue hundreds of stranded vacationers and resort staff. Meticulously researched, and with the signature authenticity only a veteran pilot could provide, Saving Cascadia is a hair-raising thriller of awesome magnitude.

Author : Lisa Ann Scott
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 133826706X
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cascadia Saves the Day (Mermaids to the Rescue #4) written by Lisa Ann Scott and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fans of Rainbow Magic and Mermaid Tales will love this new series full of adventures under the sea! When a huge whirlpool blows through Astoria, all of Princess Cascadia's hard work on the Sand Sculpture Festival is destroyed. While the rest of the Royal Mermaid Rescue Crew helps clean up the city, Cascadia is left ot try to fix the festival by herself. But then a mysterious helper reveals that there's more damage than Cascadia could have ever imagined. Will Cascadia and her new friend save the day...or will she have to wave goodbye to her favorite tradition?

Author : Elizabeth Rusch
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0358335795
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Big One written by Elizabeth Rusch and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one ever thought the Pacific Northwest was due for an earthquake, let alone a catastrophic one. But geologists are transforming our understanding of the grave dangers the population in the region of Cascadia face—will there be a big one? And what can be done to save lives? America's Pacific Northwest has relatively few earthquakes—only a handful each year that cause even moderately noticeable shaking. But a couple decades ago, scientists discovered a geological feature running along the coast that in other parts of the world regularly triggers massive earthquakes of 8.0 magnitude and higher. Were there once massive earthquakes in this part of the world? Geologists think there were. Now a small group of scientists are studying things that you might not think have anything to do with earthquakes—marsh soil, ocean sediments, landslide debris, and ghost forests—and they have reason to believe that the Pacific Northwest is likely not as idyllic as it was once assumed. The population is likely in grave danger of a massive earthquake at some point. What can be done? The big one can't be stopped, but scientists are working tirelessly to learn as much as they can to prepare.

Author : Michael W. Beug
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578904764
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mushrooms of Cascadia written by Michael W. Beug and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-22 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guidebook to mushrooms of Pacific Northwest of North America.

Author : Elizabeth Rusch
Publisher : HMH Books For Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0544889045
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Big One written by Elizabeth Rusch and published by HMH Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 2020 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About earth movement and plate tectonics, and the possibility of earthquakes at the Cascadia Subduction Zone, an area between British Columbia and northern California.

Author : Lisa Ann Scott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781424273195
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cascadia Saves the Day written by Lisa Ann Scott and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When a huge whirlpool blows through Astoria, all of Princess Cascadia's hard work on the Sand Sculpture Festival is destroyed. While the rest of the Royal Mermaid Rescue Crew helps clean up the city, Cascadia is left to try to fix the festival by herself. But then a mysterious helper reveals that there's more damage than Cascadia could have ever imagined. Will Cascadia and her new friend save the day or will she have to wave goodbye to her favorite tradition?"--

Author : Hans Jochen Scholl
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031209397
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Disaster Management and Information Technology written by Hans Jochen Scholl and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-03-31 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited book entertains a multitude of perspectives on crisis information management systems (CIMS)-based disaster response and recovery management. The use of information technology in disaster management has become the central means for collecting, vetting, and distributing information. It also serves as the backbone for coordination and collaboration between response and recovery units as well as resource management tool. This edited volume aims at covering the whole range of application and uses of CIMS in disaster response and recovery. It showcases coordination and collaboration mechanisms between government agencies, the involvement of non-governmental entities, lessons learned as well as lessons not learned, approaches to disaster resiliency in society, community engagement in disaster/catastrophe responses and recovery, and, particularly, the role of CIMS in response and recovery. Serving as a platform for showcasing recent academic discoveries as well as a knowledge source for practitioners, this volume will be of interest to researchers and practitioners interested in disaster response, public administration, emergency management, and information systems.

Author : Jerry Thompson
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1619020866
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cascadia's Fault written by Jerry Thompson and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2012-03-10 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thrillingly rendered, yet “level–headed” look at the Cascadia Subduction Zone and the devastating natural disasters it promises (Booklist) There is a crack in the earth's crust that runs roughly 31 miles offshore, approximately 683 miles from Northern California up through Vancouver Island off the coast of British Columbia. The Cascadia Subduction Zone has generated massive earthquakes over and over again throughout geologic time—at least thirty–six major events in the last 10,000 years. This fault generates a monster earthquake about every 500 years. And the monster is due to return at any time. It could happen 200 years from now, or it could be tonight. The Cascadia Subduction Zone is virtually identical to the offshore fault that wrecked Sumatra in 2004. It will generate the same earthquake we saw in Sumatra, at magnitude nine or higher, sending crippling shockwaves across a far wider area than any California quake. Slamming into Sacramento, Portland, Seattle, Victoria, and Vancouver, it will send tidal waves to the shores of Australia, New Zealand, and Japan, damaging the economies of the Pacific Rim countries and their trading partners for years to come. In light of recent massive quakes in Haiti, Chile, and Mexico, Cascadia's Fault not only tells the story of this potentially devastating earthquake and the tsunamis it will spawn, it also warns us about an impending crisis almost unprecedented in modern history.

Author : Brad Thor
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416543686
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lions of Lucerne written by Brad Thor and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-02-27 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a group of Secret Service agents is massacred in Utah and the president of the United States is abducted, surviving agent Scot Harvath vows to avenge his murdered colleagues and find the kidnappers.

Author : Brad Thor
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416543694
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book State of the Union written by Brad Thor and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-02-27 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russia orders the United States to withdraw from world affairs or face destruction from 19-plus hidden suitcase nuclear devices.