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RECORD NUMBER: 3 OF 3Main Title | Path of destruction : the devastation of New Orleans and the coming age of superstorms / | |||||||||||
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Author | McQuaid, John, | |||||||||||
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Publisher | Little, Brown and Co., | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2006 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 68770425 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 9780316016421; 031601642X | |||||||||||
Subjects | Hurricane Katrina, 2005 ; Emergency management--Louisiana--New Orleans Metropolitan Area ; Disaster relief--Louisiana--New Orleans Metropolitan Area ; Intergovernmental cooperation--Louisiana--New Orleans Metropolitan Area ; Natural disasters--Louisiana--New Orleans Metropolitan Area ; Environmental degradation--Louisiana--New Orleans Metropolitan Area ; Katrina--Hurrikan ; Naturkatastrophe ; Schaden ; Umweltschutz ; New Orleans, La ; Katastrophenmanagement ; Katrina (Hurrikan)--(DE-588)7515869-3 ; Naturkatastrophe--(DE-588)4041387-1 ; Schaden--(DE-588)4125902-6 ; Umweltschutz--(DE-588)4061644-7 ; New Orleans, La--(DE-588)4042008-5 | |||||||||||
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Edition | 1st ed. | |||||||||||
Collation | xiii, 368 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references. |
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Contents Notes | 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. "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. |