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" Path of destruction : "
John McQuaid and Mark Schleifstein
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BL
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627128
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McQuaid, John
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Path of destruction : : the devastation of New Orleans and the coming age of superstorms /\ John McQuaid and Mark Schleifstein
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1st ed
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New York :: Little, Brown and Co.,, 2006
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xiii, 368 p. :: ill. ;; 25 cm
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9780316016421 (hc)
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: 031601642X (hc)
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Includes bibliographical references
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| Contents
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City on the delta -- River and storm -- 1927 and 1965 -- The levees -- Sinking feeling -- "We're going to need a lot of body bags" -- Homeland security -- Katrina -- "This is the big one" -- The flood -- Tuesday -- Wednesday, August 31 -- Thursday, September 1, -- Friday and Saturday, September 2-3 -- Aftermath -- Superstorms
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| Abstract
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"Winners of the Pulitzer Prize, John McQuaid and Mark Schleifstein were coauthors of the New Orleans Times-Picayune's award-winning series 'Washing Away, ' the definitive account of the Gulf Coast's grave hurricane risks"--Inside back jacket cover
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Hurricane Katrina, 2005
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Emergency management
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Disaster relief
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Intergovernmental cooperation
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Natural disasters
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Environmental degradation
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| Dewey Classification
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976.3/35064
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HV636 2005 .L8M37 2006
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HV636 2005 .L8M37 2006
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Schleifstein, Mark
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