Oregon disasters : true stories of tragedy and survival / / Rachel Dresbeck |
Autore | Dresbeck Rachel |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guilford, Connecticut : , : Globe Pequot, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (230 p.) |
Disciplina | 979.5 |
Collana | Disasters Series |
Soggetto topico |
Natural disasters - Oregon
Disasters - Oregon |
ISBN | 1-4930-1319-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 DEATH AND DESTRUCTION IN ITS WAKE The Heppner Flood (1903); CHAPTER 2 DEAD MAN'S HOTEL The Wreck of the Mimi (1913); CHAPTER 3 PORT TOWN IN FLAMES The Astoria Fire (1922); CHAPTER 4 DANGEROUS SLOPES The Mazamas on Coe Glacier (1927); CHAPTER 5 "JUST ONE MORE LOG" The Tillamook Burn (1933); CHAPTER 6 HERE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW The Vanport Flood (1948); CHAPTER 7 ARCTIC ILLUSIONS Three Blizzards (1950); CHAPTER 8 IT LOOKED LIKE THE END OF THE WORLD The Roseburg Blast (1959); CHAPTER 9 AN OCTOBER ODDITY The Columbus Day Storm (1962)
CHAPTER 10 A COASTAL CATASTROPHE Tsunami (1964)CHAPTER 11 A WET CHRISTMAS The Willamette River Flood (1964); CHAPTER 12 MAYDAY IN AUGUST The Brookings-Harbor Rescues (1972); CHAPTER 13 "WE'RE GOING DOWN" The Last Journey of Flight 173 (1978); CHAPTER 14 "THIS IS IT!" The Eruption of Mount St. Helens (1980); CHAPTER 15 TRAGEDY ON MOUNT HOOD The Oregon Episcopal School Climb (1986); CHAPTER 16 BURNING FIELDS Chain-Reaction Car Accident (1988); CHAPTER 17 A WET AND WILD WINTER Raging Waters (1995-1996); CHAPTER 18 COOS BAY CATASTROPHE The Wreck of the New Carissa (1999) CHAPTER 19 BEWARE THE BERGSCHRUND Mount Hood Climbing Accident (2002)CHAPTER 20 WHEN LIGHTNING STRIKES The Biscuit Fire (2002); CHAPTER 21 FATAL ERROR The Sinking of the Taki-Tooo (2003); Bibliography; About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797207203321 |
Dresbeck Rachel | ||
Guilford, Connecticut : , : Globe Pequot, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Oregon disasters : true stories of tragedy and survival / / Rachel Dresbeck |
Autore | Dresbeck Rachel |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guilford, Connecticut : , : Globe Pequot, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (230 p.) |
Disciplina | 979.5 |
Collana | Disasters Series |
Soggetto topico |
Natural disasters - Oregon
Disasters - Oregon |
ISBN | 1-4930-1319-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 DEATH AND DESTRUCTION IN ITS WAKE The Heppner Flood (1903); CHAPTER 2 DEAD MAN'S HOTEL The Wreck of the Mimi (1913); CHAPTER 3 PORT TOWN IN FLAMES The Astoria Fire (1922); CHAPTER 4 DANGEROUS SLOPES The Mazamas on Coe Glacier (1927); CHAPTER 5 "JUST ONE MORE LOG" The Tillamook Burn (1933); CHAPTER 6 HERE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW The Vanport Flood (1948); CHAPTER 7 ARCTIC ILLUSIONS Three Blizzards (1950); CHAPTER 8 IT LOOKED LIKE THE END OF THE WORLD The Roseburg Blast (1959); CHAPTER 9 AN OCTOBER ODDITY The Columbus Day Storm (1962)
CHAPTER 10 A COASTAL CATASTROPHE Tsunami (1964)CHAPTER 11 A WET CHRISTMAS The Willamette River Flood (1964); CHAPTER 12 MAYDAY IN AUGUST The Brookings-Harbor Rescues (1972); CHAPTER 13 "WE'RE GOING DOWN" The Last Journey of Flight 173 (1978); CHAPTER 14 "THIS IS IT!" The Eruption of Mount St. Helens (1980); CHAPTER 15 TRAGEDY ON MOUNT HOOD The Oregon Episcopal School Climb (1986); CHAPTER 16 BURNING FIELDS Chain-Reaction Car Accident (1988); CHAPTER 17 A WET AND WILD WINTER Raging Waters (1995-1996); CHAPTER 18 COOS BAY CATASTROPHE The Wreck of the New Carissa (1999) CHAPTER 19 BEWARE THE BERGSCHRUND Mount Hood Climbing Accident (2002)CHAPTER 20 WHEN LIGHTNING STRIKES The Biscuit Fire (2002); CHAPTER 21 FATAL ERROR The Sinking of the Taki-Tooo (2003); Bibliography; About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825683703321 |
Dresbeck Rachel | ||
Guilford, Connecticut : , : Globe Pequot, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Variations in city exposure and sensitivity to tsunami hazards in Oregon [[electronic resource] /] / by Nathan Wood |
Autore | Wood Nathan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Reston, Va. : , : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | iv, 37 pages : digital, PDF file |
Collana | Scientific investigations report |
Soggetto topico |
Tsunami damage - Oregon
Hazardous geographic environments - Oregon Disasters - Oregon |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910698353703321 |
Wood Nathan | ||
Reston, Va. : , : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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