Cargando…
Flash floods in Texas /
After combing libraries and archives, grilling county historians, trekking to flood sites, and collecting scores of graphic photographs, Jonathan Burnett chose twenty-eight floods from around the state to create this narrative of a century of disastrous events. Beginning with the famous Austin dam b...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
©2008.
|
| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | River books (Series)
TAM nature guides. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- April 1900: Austin Dam Break
- December 1913: Nolan Creek and Brazos River Floods
- April 1915: Floods on Shoal and Waller Creeks
- September 1921: Downtown San Antonio Flood
- September 1921: Thrall Record Rainfall and Little River Flood
- July 1932: Guadalupe River Basin Flood
- September 1932: Devil's River and Rio Grande River Floods
- May 1935: D'Hanis Flash Flood
- June 1935: Llano and Nueces Rivers Floods
- December 1935: Downtown Houston Flood
- September 1936: Concho River Flood
- July 1938: Brady Creek and San Saba River Floods
- May 1949: Downtown Fort Worth Flood
- September 1952: Pedernales River Flood
- June 1954: Pecos River's Eighty-Six-Foot Wall of Water
- May 1957: Lampasas Mother's Day Flood
- June 1965: Sanderson Flash Flood
- May 1966: Dallas Flash Flood
- May 1970: San Marcos River Flood
- May 1972: New Braunfels Flood
- May 1978: Canyon, Texas, and Palo Duro Canyon Flood
- August 1978: Hill Country Flood
- August 1978: Albany, Texas, Flood
- May 1981: Memorial Day Flood in Austin
- August 1998: Del Rio Flood
- October 1998: Hill Country Flash Floods
- June 2001: Tropical Storm Allison Flood in Houston
- July 2002: Guadalupe River Flooding
- Appendix: Overview of Significant Texas Floods.