Just seconds from the ocean
Subtitle: coastal living in the wake of Katrina
By: William Sargent.
Publisher: University Press of New England
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Hanover
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9781584656890
Subjects: Coast changes -- United States; Coastal zone management -- United States; Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Environmental aspects; Hurricanes -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-137) and index.
Table of contents: title: The problem: coastal erosion, global warming, and hurricanes; title: Coastal erosion: Cape Cod; title: Hurricanes: too much of a good thing; title: New Orleans; title: The big one: 2005; title: New Orleans: the city too big for its breaches; title: First decisions; title: "All the king's horses and all the king's men":; title: Donald Powell, Spring 2006; title: Shrimpin' the full moon tide; title: Up the coast: the great Miami hurricane, September 18, 1926; title: Florida today; title: Cayo Costa, May 20, 2006; title: "Our town": Ipswich, Massachusetts, May 9-22, 2006; title: Legalities: Topsail Island, North Carolina, June 5, 2006; title: The Ash Wednesday storm, New Jersey, March 5-8, 1962; title: The Big Apple: the 1938 hurricane, New York; title: A tale of two cities: Galveston and Indianola, the 1900 storm; title: Beach renourishment: instant gratification?; title: The future; title: Rearranging deck chairs?: July 2006; title: Monday night football: the case for optimism, September 24, 2006; title: Just seconds from the ocean: Codfish Park, Nantucket.