The Hurricane Port

Author : Andrew Lees
Publisher : Random House
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780571560

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The Hurricane Port by Andrew Lees Pdf

Scousers believe they live in a special place, one that has more in common with Salvador da Bahia, New Orleans or Gdansk than anywhere in England, and the city has always punched above its weight. In less than a hundred years, however, Liverpool's image has declined from a major mercantile player known as the Second City of the Empire to what some social commentators have described as a cultural backwater remembered largely as the place where the Beatles were born. In The Hurricane Port, Andrew Lees reveals how Liverpool's pre-eminence in the slave trade left an indelible scar on the psychogeography of the city. He also explores the roots of Liverpool's contrary nature, its rebelliousness and its hedonism, as well as some of the recent hurricanes that have battered the city, including the anger of Toxteth, Militant's stand against Margaret Thatcher and the murder of James Bulger. In this distinctly personal account, Lees defines the characteristics of this Celtic enclave, with her loudmouthed, big-hearted people who have created a city quite different from anywhere else in the world.

Author : Andrew Lees
Publisher : Random House
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780578200

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Liverpool: The Hurricane Port by Andrew Lees Pdf

Scousers believe they live in a special place, one that has more in common with Salvador da Bahia, New Orleans or Gdansk than anywhere in England, and the city has always punched above its weight. In less than a hundred years, however, Liverpool's image has declined from a major mercantile player known as the Second City of the Empire to what some social commentators have described as a cultural backwater remembered largely as the place where the Beatles were born. In Liverpool: The Hurricane Port, Andrew Lees reveals how Liverpool's pre-eminence in the slave trade left an indelible scar on the psychogeography of the city. He also explores the roots of Liverpool's contrary nature, its rebelliousness and its hedonism, as well as some of the recent hurricanes that have battered the city, including the anger of Toxteth, the Hillsborough disaster and the murder of James Bulger. In this distinctly personal account, Lees defines the characteristics of this Celtic enclave, with her loudmouthed, big-hearted people who have created a city quite different from anywhere else in the world.

Author : D. Lee Harris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Hurricanes
ISBN : OSU:32435024383184

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Characteristics of the Hurricane Storm Surge by D. Lee Harris Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Nature
ISBN : UCR:31210013492630

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Hurricane Preparedness by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development Pdf

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Author : Theo Notteboom,Athanasios Pallis,Jean-Paul Rodrigue
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-31
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781000526936

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Port Economics, Management and Policy by Theo Notteboom,Athanasios Pallis,Jean-Paul Rodrigue Pdf

Port Economics, Management and Policy provides a comprehensive analysis of the contemporary port industry, showing how ports are organized to serve the global economy and support regional and local development. Structured in eight sections plus an introduction and epilog, this textbook examines a wide range of seaport topics, covering maritime shipping and international trade, port terminals, port governance, port competition, port policy and much more. Key features of the book include: Multidisciplinary perspective, drawing on economics, geography, management science and engineering Multisector analysis including containers, bulk, break-bulk and the cruise industry Focus on the latest industry trends, such as supply chain management, automation, digitalization and sustainability Benefitting from the authors’ extensive involvement in shaping the port sector across five continents, this text provides students and scholars with a valuable resource on ports and maritime transport systems. Practitioners and policymakers can also use this as an essential guide towards better port management and governance.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Special Subcommittee on Disaster Relief
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1434 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Disaster relief
ISBN : MINN:31951D03632459K

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Federal Response to Hurricane Camille by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Special Subcommittee on Disaster Relief Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1422308987

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Performance of Physical Structures in Hurricane Katrina & Hurricane Rita: A Reconnaissance Report by Anonim Pdf

Author : Bob MacAlindin
Publisher : Whittles Pub
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 1870325370

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No Port in a Storm by Bob MacAlindin Pdf

Collection of true stories about lightships and their crews

Author : Anonim
Publisher : PediaPress
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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1999 Atlantic Hurricane Season by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556031866031

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Raritan Bay and Sandy Hook Bay, New Jersey, Feasibility Report for Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction, Port Monmouth, Monmouth County by Anonim Pdf

Author : David Toomey
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2003-06-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780393345292

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Stormchasers: The Hurricane Hunters and Their Fateful Flight into Hurricane Janet by David Toomey Pdf

Fifty years after Isaac's Storm, a riveting story of the first Hurricane Hunters, and the one crew who paid the ultimate price. "In a virtual age when tempests are monitored by global positioning and The Weather Channel, Stormchasers reminds us that our first understanding of hurricanes was directly built on the risks and sacrifices of living, breathing heroes," writes Hampton Sides (author of Ghost Soldiers). In September 1955, Navy Lieutenant Commander Grover B. Windham and a crew of eight flew out of Guantánamo Bay into the eye of Hurricane Janet swirling in the Caribbean: a routine weather reconnaissance mission from which they never returned. In the wake of World War II, the Air Force and the Navy had discovered a new civilian arena where daring pilots could test their courage and skill. These Hurricane Hunters flew into raging storms to gauge their strength and predict their paths. Without computer, global positioning, or satellite support, they relied on rudimentary radar systems to locate the hurricane's eye and estimated the drift of their aircraft by looking at windblown waves below. Drawing from Navy documents and interviews with members of the squadron and relatives of the crew, Stormchasers reconstructs the ill-fated mission of Windham's crew from preflight checks to the chilling moment of their final transmission.

Author : David M. Walker (au)
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2006-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1422307166

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Hurricane Katrina by David M. Walker (au) Pdf

Testimony of David Walker, Comptroller Gen. of the U.S., before the Comm. on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate. The size & strength of Hurricane Katrina resulted in one of the largest natural disasters in our nation's history. Hurricane Katrina raised major questions about our nation's readiness & ability to respond to catastrophic disasters. Hurricane Rita increased demands on an already stressed response & recovery effort by all levels of government. The two hurricanes provided a sobering picture of the overwhelming strains on response & recovery if there are back-to-back catastrophic disasters in the same area. Includes recommendations.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Nature
ISBN : PSU:000058161951

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The commerce and consumer protection implications of Hurricane Katrina by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Pdf

Author : James Patterson Smith
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781617030246

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Hurricane Katrina by James Patterson Smith Pdf

This book presents the fullest account yet written of the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Rooted in a wealth of oral histories, it tells the dramatic but underreported story of a people who confronted the unprecedented devastation of sixty-five-thousand homes when the eye wall and powerful northeast quadrant of the hurricane swept a record thirty-foot storm surge across a seventy-five-mile stretch of unprotected Mississippi towns and cities. James Patterson Smith takes us through life and death accounts of storm day, August 29, 2005, and the precarious days of food and water shortages that followed. Along the way the narrative treats us to inspiring episodes of neighborly compassion and creative responses to the greatest natural disaster in American history. The heroes of this saga are the local people and local officials. In often moving accounts, the book addresses the Mississippi Gulf Coast's long struggle to remove a record-setting volume of debris and get on with the rebuilding of homes, schools, jobs, and public infrastructure. Along the way readers are offered insights into the politics of recovery funding and the bureaucratic bungling and hubris that afflicted the storm response and complicated and delayed the work of recovery. Still, there are ample accounts of things done well, and a moving chapter gives us a feel for the psychological, spiritual, and material impact of the eight hundred thousand people from across the nation who gave of themselves as volunteers in the Mississippi recovery effort.

Author : Susan L. Cutter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107023949

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Hurricane Katrina and the Forgotten Coast of Mississippi by Susan L. Cutter Pdf

An interdisciplinary volume on impacts of and recovery from Hurricane Katrina in southern Mississippi, for natural hazard researchers, students and policy makers.