Path of destruction : the devastation of New Orleans and the coming age of superstorms / John McQuaid and Mark Schleifstein.
By: McQuaid, John.
Contributor(s): Schleifstein, Mark.
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BookPublisher: New York : Little, Brown, 2006Edition: 1st ed.Description: xiii, 368 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780316016421 (hc); 031601642X (hc).Subject(s): 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 | Hurricane Katrina, 2005 | Emergency management | Disaster relief -- New Orleans Metropolitan Area (La.) | Intergovernmental cooperation | Natural disasters -- New Orleans Metropolitan Area (La.) | Environmental degradation -- New Orleans Metropolitan Area (La.)DDC classification: 976.3/35064 Summary: Offers a comprehensive account of Hurricane Katrina and its devastating impact on the city of New Orleans, describing how the storm destroyed the city and revealed serious flaws in the government's emergency response system and drawing on scientific research to explain why other equally destructive storms will happen in the future.
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Offers a comprehensive account of Hurricane Katrina and its devastating impact on the city of New Orleans, describing how the storm destroyed the city and revealed serious flaws in the government's emergency response system and drawing on scientific research to explain why other equally destructive storms will happen in the future.
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