Author : Ashley Shelby
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,46 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780873515009
The gripping, true-life story of one of the most destructive floods in U.S. history and its effect on one city and its citizens.
Author : John M. Barry
Publisher :
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 38,62 MB
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN :
The great Mississippi flood of 1927 and how it changed America.
Author : Char Miller
Publisher : Maverick Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 37,87 MB
Release : 2022-05-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781595349736
The 1921 flood that put a spotlight on environmental and social inequality in a southwestern city
Author : Jame Richards
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 17,70 MB
Release : 2010-04-13
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0375895531
Sixteen-Year-Old Celstia spends every summer with her family at the elite resort at Lake Conemaugh, a shimmering Allegheny Mountain reservoir held in place by an earthen dam. Tired of the society crowd, Celestia prefers to swim and fish with Peter, the hotel’s hired boy. It’s a friendship she must keep secret, and when companionship turns to romance, it’s a love that could get Celestia disowned. These affairs of the heart become all the more wrenching on a single, tragic day in May, 1889. After days of heavy rain, the dam fails, unleashing 20 million tons of water onto Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in the valley below. The town where Peter lives with his father. The town where Celestia has just arrived to join him. This searing novel in poems explores a cross-class romance—and a tragic event in U. S. history.
Author : United States. Federal Insurance Administration
Publisher :
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 25,22 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Flood insurance
ISBN :
Author : Stephen Baxter
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 23,97 MB
Release : 2009-05-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 110113884X
Four hostages are rescued from a group of religious extremists in Barcelona. After five years of being held captive together, they make a vow to always watch out for one another. But they never expected this. The world they have returned to has been transformed-by water. And the water is rising.
Author : Rebecca Elliott
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,57 MB
Release : 2021-01-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0231548818
Communities around the United States face the threat of being underwater. This is not only a matter of rising waters reaching the doorstep. It is also the threat of being financially underwater, owning assets worth less than the money borrowed to obtain them. Many areas around the country may become economically uninhabitable before they become physically unlivable. In Underwater, Rebecca Elliott explores how families, communities, and governments confront problems of loss as the climate changes. She offers the first in-depth account of the politics and social effects of the U.S. National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which provides flood insurance protection for virtually all homes and small businesses that require it. In doing so, the NFIP turns the risk of flooding into an immediate economic reality, shaping who lives on the waterfront, on what terms, and at what cost. Drawing on archival, interview, ethnographic, and other documentary data, Elliott follows controversies over the NFIP from its establishment in the 1960s to the present, from local backlash over flood maps to Congressional debates over insurance reform. Though flood insurance is often portrayed as a rational solution for managing risk, it has ignited recurring fights over what is fair and valuable, what needs protecting and what should be let go, who deserves assistance and on what terms, and whose expectations of future losses are used to govern the present. An incisive and comprehensive consideration of the fundamental dilemmas of moral economy underlying insurance, Underwater sheds new light on how Americans cope with loss as the water rises.
Author : Colin Tandy
Publisher : Colin Tandy
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 50,57 MB
Release : 2024-04-08
Category : Self-Help
ISBN :
Rising Waters: Weathering the Flood Threat (A Comprehensive Guide to Flood Preparedness and Recovery) Is your home ready for the rising tide? Floods are a growing threat in our changing climate, leaving communities vulnerable and unprepared. But fear not! "Rising Waters" is your comprehensive guide to navigating flood risks and protecting your home and family. In this empowering book, you'll discover: The science behind floods: Understand the causes, types, and how climate change is increasing flood risks. Your home's vulnerability: Identify potential threats based on location, elevation, and past flood history. Actionable preparedness strategies: Create a flood preparedness plan, assemble an emergency kit, and secure necessary insurance. Flood mitigation techniques: Learn practical steps to fortify your property, minimize damage, and promote drainage. Recovery guidance: Navigate the aftermath of a flood with effective cleaning, sanitation, and repair strategies. Empowering information: Debunk common flood myths and make informed decisions for your safety. Resources for children: Age-appropriate tips to educate and empower young ones about flood safety. Rising Waters goes beyond just surviving a flood. It empowers you to build a flood-resilient future. With practical advice, actionable steps, and clear explanations, this book equips you with the knowledge and tools to face potential floods with confidence. Don't wait for the waters to rise. Take action today and weather the storm with Rising Waters!
Author : David Welky
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 16,69 MB
Release : 2011-08-19
Category : History
ISBN : 0226887189
In the early days of 1937, the Ohio River, swollen by heavy winter rains, began rising. And rising. And rising. By the time the waters crested, the Ohio and Mississippi had climbed to record heights. Nearly four hundred people had died, while a million more had run from their homes. The deluge caused more than half a billion dollars of damage at a time when the Great Depression still battered the nation. Timed to coincide with the flood's seventy-fifth anniversary, The Thousand-Year Flood is the first comprehensive history of one of the most destructive disasters in American history. David Welky first shows how decades of settlement put Ohio valley farms and towns at risk and how politicians and planners repeatedly ignored the dangers. Then he tells the gripping story of the river's inexorable rise: residents fled to refugee camps and higher ground, towns imposed martial law, prisoners rioted, Red Cross nurses endured terrifying conditions, and FDR dispatched thousands of relief workers. In a landscape fraught with dangers—from unmoored gas tanks that became floating bombs to powerful currents of filthy floodwaters that swept away whole towns—people hastily raised sandbag barricades, piled into overloaded rowboats, and marveled at water that stretched as far as the eye could see. In the flood's aftermath, Welky explains, New Deal reformers, utopian dreamers, and hard-pressed locals restructured not only the flood-stricken valleys, but also the nation's relationship with its waterways, changes that continue to affect life along the rivers to this day. A striking narrative of danger and adventure—and the mix of heroism and generosity, greed and pettiness that always accompany disaster—The Thousand-Year Flood breathes new life into a fascinating yet little-remembered American story.
Author : Jeff Goodell
Publisher : Back Bay Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,79 MB
Release : 2018-08-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780316260206
"An immersive, mildly gonzo and depressingly well-timed book about the drenching effects of global warming, and a powerful reminder that we can bury our heads in the sand about climate change for only so long before the sand itself disappears." (Jennifer Senior, New York Times) A New York Times Critics' Top Book of 2017One of Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2017One of Booklist's Top 10 Science Books of 2017 What if Atlantis wasn't a myth, but an early precursor to a new age of great flooding? Across the globe, scientists and civilians alike are noticing rapidly rising sea levels, and higher and higher tides pushing more water directly into the places we live, from our most vibrant, historic cities to our last remaining traditional coastal villages. With each crack in the great ice sheets of the Arctic and Antarctica, and each tick upwards of Earth's thermometer, we are moving closer to the brink of broad disaster. By century's end, hundreds of millions of people will be retreating from the world's shores as our coasts become inundated and our landscapes transformed. From island nations to the world's major cities, coastal regions will disappear. Engineering projects to hold back the water are bold and may buy some time. Yet despite international efforts and tireless research, there is no permanent solution-no barriers to erect or walls to build-that will protect us in the end from the drowning of the world as we know it. The Water Will Come is the definitive account of the coming water, why and how this will happen, and what it will all mean. As he travels across twelve countries and reports from the front lines, acclaimed journalist Jeff Goodell employs fact, science, and first-person, on-the-ground journalism to show vivid scenes from what already is becoming a water world.
