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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sargent, William, 1946-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hanover : University Press of New England, [2007]
Subjects:
Coast changes > United States.
Coastal zone management > United States.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005 > Environmental aspects.
Hurricanes > United States.
Table of 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.