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Some experts have argued that gusts could have reached 250 miles per hour in some pockets of the storm, and they like to point out that the barometric readings that were taken at the fringes of the storm were of levels normally found inside the cones of tornadoes.
Les Standiford • Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean
As it turned out, Krome and Coe made one heartening discovery in the storm’s aftermath: all of the piers and viaduct supports that had so recently been set for the Seven Mile Bridge, as well as those of the great Long Key span, had emerged from the battering of winds and tides unscathed. It was considered a major victory, for while the engineering
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Sara • 3 cards
climate change
Mary Martin • 5 cards
Decades from now, the United States will be wildly different, even unrecognizable. Some of the most dramatic changes will occur in regions few thought were especially vulnerable to climate change at all.
Abrahm Lustgarten • On the Move: The Overheating Earth and the Uprooting of America
In Norfolk, the problems are not only geographical—they are also political. Just as there are climate change hotspots, there are also climate denial hotspots—and Virginia is one of them. Several years ago, former state attorney general Ken Cuccinelli launched a witch-hunt against noted climate scientist Michael Mann, subpoenaing documents and priva
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