Texas Flood

Author : Alan Paul,Andy Aledort
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781250142849

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Texas Flood by Alan Paul,Andy Aledort Pdf

An instant New York Times bestseller! The definitive biography of guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan, with an epilogue by Jimmie Vaughan, and foreword and afterword by Double Trouble’s Chris Layton and Tommy Shannon. Just a few years after he almost died from a severe addiction to cocaine and alcohol, a clean and sober Stevie Ray Vaughan was riding high. His last album was his most critically lauded and commercially successful. He had fulfilled a lifelong dream by collaborating with his first and greatest musical hero, his brother Jimmie. His tumultuous marriage was over and he was in a new and healthy romantic relationship. Vaughan seemed poised for a new, limitless chapter of his life and career. Instead, it all came to a shocking and sudden end on August 27, 1990, when he was killed in a helicopter crash following a dynamic performance with Eric Clapton. Just 35 years old, he left behind a powerful musical legacy and an endless stream of What Ifs. In the ensuing 29 years, Vaughan’s legend and acclaim have only grown and he is now an undisputed international musical icon. Despite the cinematic scope of Vaughan’s life and death, there has never been a truly proper accounting of his story. Until now. Texas Flood provides the unadulterated truth about Stevie Ray Vaughan from those who knew him best: his brother Jimmie, his Double Trouble bandmates Tommy Shannon, Chris Layton and Reese Wynans, and many other close friends, family members, girlfriends, fellow musicians, managers and crew members.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Special Subcommittee To Inspect Flooded Areas In and Around San Antonio, Texas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Floods
ISBN : UCBK:C055438537

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The San Antonio, Texas Flood of May 1965 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Special Subcommittee To Inspect Flooded Areas In and Around San Antonio, Texas Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Public Works
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119584063

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The San Antion, Texas, Flood of May 1965, Report of the Special Subcommittee to Inspect Flooded Areas in and Around San Antonio, Texas to the ... June 1, 1965. House Committee Print No. 12 89-1 by United States. Congress. House. Public Works Pdf

Author : Jonathan Burnett
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1585445908

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Flash Floods in Texas by Jonathan Burnett Pdf

How many times have you heard the television or radio alert, “We are now under a flash flood watch”? While the destructive force of flash flooding is a regular occurrence in the state and has caused a tremendous amount of damage and heartache over the years, no one until now has recorded in a single book the history of 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 break of 1900 and ending with the historic 2002 flooding in the Hill Country, Burnett chronicles the causes and courses of these catastrophic floods as well as their costs in material damage and human lives. Dramatic photographs of each event enhance the harrowing accounts of danger spawned by nature on a rampage. Together, the stories and the pictures give readers a vivid and lasting image of the power and unpredictability of flash floods in Texas. To learn more about The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, sponsors of this book's series, please click here.

Author : Char Miller
Publisher : Maverick Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1595349731

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West Side Rising by Char Miller Pdf

The 1921 flood that put a spotlight on environmental and social inequality in a southwestern city

Author : Mary Pope Osborne
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781524713157

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Hurricane Heroes in Texas by Mary Pope Osborne Pdf

From the #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time . . . Jack and Annie are caught out in the rain in the most dangerous Magic Tree House mission yet! Jack and Annie are on a mission! When the magic tree house whisks them back to Galveston, Texas, in 1900, they find out that a big storm is coming. But even though there is rain and wind, no one believes there is any danger. As the storm grows, seawater floods the city. Now everyone needs help! Jack and Annie have a little bit of magic and a lot of hope--but will it be enough? Did you know that there's a Magic Tree House book for every kid? Magic Tree House: Perfect for readers who are just beginning chapter books Merlin Missions: More challenging adventures for the experienced reader Fact Trackers: Nonfiction companions to your favorite Magic Tree House adventures If you're looking for Merlin Mission #30: Haunted Castle on Hallow's Eve, it was renumbered as part of the rebrand in 2017 as Merlin Mission #2.

Author : Samuel Brody,Yoonjeong Lee,Baukje Kothuis
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780323852524

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Coastal Flood Risk Reduction by Samuel Brody,Yoonjeong Lee,Baukje Kothuis Pdf

Coastal Flood Risk Reduction: The Netherlands and the U.S. Upper Texas Coast represents the culmination of a 5-year international research and education partnership funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and more than 10 years of collaboration between Dutch and U.S. flood experts on the basic issue of how to protect society from growing flood risks. Multiple case studies integrating the fields of engineering, hydrology, landscape architecture, economics, and planning address the underlying characteristics of physical flood risks and their prediction; human communities and the associated built environment; physical, social, and built-environment variables; and mitigation techniques. In recognition of the lack of systematic research and the growing societal need to better understand flood impacts, this edited book provides an in-depth, comparative evaluation of flood problems and solutions in two key places: the Netherlands and the U.S. Upper Texas Coast. Both regions are extremely flood-prone and have experienced continual adverse impacts throughout their histories. For researchers in flood management, geographers, hydrologists, environmental studies, and social science as well as policymakers and decision-makers in flood management authorities and related industries, this book provides an essential resource. Introduces integrated comparative work on flood risk reduction and management across disciplines and international boundaries Presents chapters written by dozens of experts across six U.S. and Dutch universities that have formally participated in the international research and education program funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Provides a basis for understanding and mitigating flood risk over a range of necessary perspectives, from modeling inputs to design solutions Integrates cutting-edge scientific methods and state-of-the-art knowledge with examples of specific solutions and how they are being implemented in each national case study

Author : Tate Dalrymple
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1937
Category : Floods
ISBN : CORNELL:31924014121036

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Major Texas Floods of 1936 by Tate Dalrymple Pdf

Author : United States. National Weather Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Emergency management
ISBN : UIUC:30112033167039

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South Texas Floods, October 17-22, 1998 by United States. National Weather Service Pdf

"Torrential rains over south and southeast Texas during the weekend of October 17-18, 1998, led to widespread and deadly flooding. A total of 31 people died during this event, and property damage estimates approached three quarters of a billion dollars. The event occurred within areas served by three National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service (NWS) field forecast offices and by one NOAA/NWS River Forecast Center. Due to the magnitude of this flood event, a Service Assessment Team was assembled to examine all aspects of the warning services provided by NWS offices to the citizens and public officials of the areas affected. This Service Assessment highlights successful operational procedures and identifies shortcomings noted during this event. Findings and recommendations are presented which will be used in our ongoing efforts to continually improve NWS services for the citizens of this country"--Preface.

Author : Lacy M. Johnson,Cheryl Beckett
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781477325674

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More City than Water by Lacy M. Johnson,Cheryl Beckett Pdf

2022 Art in Service to the Environment Award, Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter Honorable Mention, 2022 Nonfiction Prize, Writers' League of Texas Writers explore a city’s relationship with chronic catastrophic flooding. Shortly after Hurricane Harvey dumped a record 61 inches of rain on Houston in 2017, celebrated writer and Bayou City resident Lacy M. Johnson began collecting flood stories. Although these stories attested to the infinite variety of experience in America’s most diverse city, they also pointed to a consistent question: What does catastrophic flooding reveal about this city, and what does it obscure? More City than Water brings together essays, conversations, and personal narratives from climate scientists, marine ecologists, housing activists, urban planners, artists, poets, and historians as they reflect on the human geography of a region increasingly defined by flooding. Both a literary and a cartographic anthology, More City than Water features striking maps of Houston’s floodplains, waterways, drainage systems, reservoirs, and inundated neighborhoods. Designed by University of Houston seniors from the Graphic Design program, each map, imaginative and precise, shifts our understanding of the flooding, the public’s relationship to it, and the fraught reality of rebuilding. Evocative and unique, this is an atlas that uncovers the changing nature of living where the waters rise.

Author : Rachel Kimbro
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520976436

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In Too Deep by Rachel Kimbro Pdf

In a small Texas neighborhood, an affluent group of mothers has been repeatedly rocked by catastrophic flooding—the 2015 Memorial Day flood, the 2016 Tax Day flood, and sixteen months later, Hurricane Harvey. Yet even after these disrupting events, almost all mothers in this neighborhood still believe there is only one place for them to live: Bayou Oaks. In Too Deep is a sociological exploration of what happens when climate change threatens the carefully curated family life of upper-middle-class mothers. Through in-depth interviews with thirty-six Bayou Oaks mothers whose homes flooded during Hurricane Harvey, Rachel Kimbro reveals why these mothers continued to stay in a place that was becoming more and more unstable. Rather than retreating, the mothers dug in and sustained the community they have chosen and nurtured, trying to keep social, emotional, and economic instability at bay. In Too Deep provides a glimpse into how class and place intersect in an unstable physical environment and underlines the price families pay for securing their futures.

Author : Richard Fifield
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781476797397

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The Flood Girls by Richard Fifield Pdf

"Welcome to Quinn, Montana, population: 956. A town where nearly all of the volunteer firemen are named Jim, where The Dirty Shame--the only bar in town--refuses to serve mixed drinks (too much work), where the locals hate the newcomers (then again, they hate the locals, too), and where the town softball team has never even come close to having a winning season. Until now. Rachel Flood has snuck back into town after leaving behind a trail of chaos nine years prior. She's here to make amends, but nobody wants to hear it, especially her mother Laverna. But with the help of a local boy named Jake and a little soul-searching, she just might make things right."--Amazon.com.

Author : Alan Paul
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781466835863

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One Way Out by Alan Paul Pdf

A New York Times Best seller! One Way Out is the powerful biography of The Allman Brothers Band, an oral history written with the band's participation and filled with original, never-before-published interviews as well as personal letters and correspondence. This is the most in-depth look at a legendary American rock band that has meant so much to so many for so long. For twenty-five years, Alan Paul has covered and written about The Allman Brothers Band, conducting hundreds of interviews, riding the buses with them, attending rehearsals and countless shows. He has interviewed every living band member for this book as well as managers, roadies, and contemporaries, including: Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Jaimoe, Butch Trucks, Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Oteil Burbridge, the late Allen Woody, Jimmy Herring, Eric Clapton, Bob Weir, and many others. Tracking the band's career from their 1969 formation to today, One Way Out is filled with musical and cultural insights, riveting tales of sometimes violent personality conflicts and betrayals, drug and alcohol use, murder allegations and exoneration, tragic early deaths, road stories, and much more, including the most in-depth look at the acrimonious 2000 parting with founding guitarist Dickey Betts and behind-the-scenes information on the recording of At Fillmore East, Layla, Eat A Peach, Brothers and Sisters, and other classic albums.

Author : Kevin Blake
Publisher : Code Red
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 168402661X

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Houston's Hurricane Harvey Floods by Kevin Blake Pdf

"In August 2017, Hurricane Harvey slammed Houston. The city's reservoirs and sewers quickly overflowed, creating massive flooding. The mega storm dumped more rain on Texas than any other storm in U.S. history. Millions of Texans were left in grave danger. This book tells their harrowing stories of survival, persistence, and incredible teamwork. Houston's Hurricane Harvey Floods includes captivating, first-person accounts of survivors and rescuers. Large color photos, maps, and fact boxes enrich the true stories of bravery and heroism. Written in narrative format, this book is sure to draw readers in--and pull on their heartstrings."

Author : Erik Larson
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2000-07-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780375708275

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Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson Pdf

From the bestselling author of The Devil in the White City, here is the true story of the deadliest hurricane in history. National Bestseller September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resident meteorologist for the U.S. Weather Bureau failed to grasp the true meaning of the strange deep-sea swells and peculiar winds that greeted the city that morning. Mere hours later, Galveston found itself submerged in a monster hurricane that completely destroyed the town and killed over six thousand people in what remains the greatest natural disaster in American history--and Isaac Cline found himself the victim of a devastating personal tragedy. Using Cline's own telegrams, letters, and reports, the testimony of scores of survivors, and our latest understanding of the science of hurricanes, Erik Larson builds a chronicle of one man's heroic struggle and fatal miscalculation in the face of a storm of unimaginable magnitude. Riveting, powerful, and unbearably suspenseful, Isaac's Storm is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets the great uncontrollable force of nature.