Category 5 : The Story of Camille, Lessons Unlearned from America's Most Violent Hurricane /

Camille's nearly 200 mile per hour winds and 28-foot storm surge swept away thousands of homes and businesses along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Mississippi. Twenty-four ocean-going ships sank or were beached; six offshore drilling platforms collapsed; 198 people drowned. Two days later, Cam...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Zebrowski, Ernest
Otros Autores: Howard, Judith A., 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2005.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Hurricanes.
Cyclones.
Cyclones > Regions tropicales.
Ouragans > Atlantique Nord.
Ouragan Camille, 1969.
Cyclones > Tropics.
Hurricanes > North Atlantic Ocean.
Hurricane Camille, 1969.
Tropics.
North Atlantic Ocean.
Mississippi > Gulf Coast.
Mexique, Côte du Golfe du (Mississ.) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Gulf Coast (Miss.) > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Grim news
  • Of love and life
  • Bayou country
  • The Birdsfoot peninsula
  • Storm warnings
  • On the coast
  • Exodus
  • Troubled waters
  • Angry seas
  • Dawn
  • Rubble
  • Deluge
  • A country divided
  • Reconnecting
  • Outsiders
  • A knotty legacy
  • Epilogue.

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