Lessons from Hurricane Ike /

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Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2012.
Description:1 online resource (viii, 194 pages) : color illustrations, color maps
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11132637
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Other authors / contributors:Bedient, Philip B., 1948-
ISBN:9781603447362
1603447369
1280772301
9781280772306
9781603445887
1603445889
9786613683076
6613683078
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
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Summary:If Hurricane Ike had made landfall just fifty miles down the Texas coast, the devastation and death caused by what was already one of the most destructive hurricanes in US history would have quadrupled. Ike made everyone realize just how exposed and vulnerable the Houston-Galveston area is in the face of a major storm. What is done to address this vulnerability will shape the economic, social, and environmental landscape of the region for decades to come. In Lessons from Hurricane Ike, Philip Bedient and the research team at the Severe Storm Prediction, Education, and Evac.
Other form:Print version: Lessons from Hurricane Ike. 1st ed. College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2012 9781603445887