Disaster Deferred

Disaster Deferred
Author: Seth Stein
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2010
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0231151381

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In the winter of 1811-12, a series of large earthquakes in the New Madrid seismic zone-often incorrectly described as the biggest ever to hit the United States-shook the Midwest. Today the federal government ranks the hazard in the Midwest as high as California's and is pressuring communities to undertake expensive preparations for disaster. Disaster Deferred revisits these earthquakes, the legends surrounding them, and the predictions of doom following in their wake. Seth Stein clearly explains the techniques seismologists use to study Midwestern quakes and estimate their danger. Detailing how limited scientific knowledge, bureaucratic instincts, and the media's love of a good story have exaggerated these hazards, Stein calmly debunks the hype surrounding such predictions and encourages the formulation of more sensible, less costly policy.


Disaster Deferred
Language: en
Pages: 298
Authors: Seth Stein
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: Columbia University Press

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In the winter of 1811-12, a series of large earthquakes in the New Madrid seismic zone-often incorrectly described as the biggest ever to hit the United States-
Disaster Deferred
Language: en
Pages: 298
Authors: Seth Stein
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: Columbia University Press

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Coinciding with the 200th anniversary of the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-12, Disaster Deferred revisits these earthquakes, the legends that have grown around
Disaster Deferred
Language: en
Pages: 282
Authors: Seth Stein
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Language: en
Pages: 277
Authors: Kay C. Goss
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1998-05 - Publisher: DIANE Publishing

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Meant to aid State & local emergency managers in their efforts to develop & maintain a viable all-hazard emergency operations plan. This guide clarifies the pre
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Language: en
Pages: 12
Authors: United States. Internal Revenue Service
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