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Oregon's Greatest Natural Disasters

by William Sullivan

ISBN13: 9780981570105
ISBN10: 0981570100
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With lively, popular text informed by solid research, Sullivan examines all the usual suspects: tsunamis, quakes, volcanoes, flash floods, seasonal floods (frequent in this state), wind, slides and forest fires. His description of the ice age (Bretz) floods is particularly good (& concise). The book contains 160 photos and 16 maps. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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This informative, entertaining book tells the stories of Oregon's greatest floods, fires, earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions — and then analyzes the cycles behind these events in order to help predict and prepare for future natural disasters. A final, fictional chapter takes a look at what might happen when a major earthquake and tsunami next strike Oregon's coast.

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: Salmon, June 13, 2011 (view all comments by Salmon)
Picked this up from the author at the fair. I was not impressed but wanted to support my local writers. I learned so much! I have whipped this book out so many times a family get togethers and left it on the coffee table for visitors, not to mention its so well cited that any kid doing a report would find more information than they could ever use. Bonus- Well written.
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: Roy Hamilton, January 2, 2010 (view all comments by Roy Hamilton)
Never have disasters been so interesting. This book is a very easy read and extremely informative.
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Product Details

ISBN:: 9780981570105
Author:: Sullivan, William
Publisher:: Navillus Press
Author:: Sullivan, William L.
Subject:: Natural Disasters
Subject:: North American
Subject:: United States - State & Local - Pacific Northwest
Subject:: Physics-Meteorology
Publication Date:: 20080331
Binding:: TRADE PAPER
Language:: English
Illustrations:: Y
Pages:: 263
Dimensions:: 9.07x5.93x.65 in. .94 lbs.

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