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Chapters: 2005 Levee Failures in Greater New Orleans, Galveston Seawall, Texas City Dike, Herbert Hoover Dike, Old River Control Structure, Alaskan Way Seawall, Broad Dyke. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: 2005 Atlantic hurricane season Impact Relief Analysis Other wikis In late August 2005 there were over 50 failures of the levees and flood walls protecting New Orleans, Louisiana, and nearby St. Bernard Parish during Hurricane Katrina. The levee and flood wall failures caused flooding in 85% of New Orleans and 100% of St. Bernard. Millions of gallons of water spilled into vast areas of New Orleans, flooding thousands of homes and businesses with 10 feet or more of water. Five investigations (three major and two minor) were conducted by civil engineers and other experts, in an attempt to identify the underlying reasons for the failure of the federal flood protection system designed and built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. To date, the studies disagree on the mechanisms of the levee failures. Fault has been aimed at the Corps of Engineers, their local contractors, and local levee boards.. Storm surge caused breaches in 20 places on the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal ("MR-GO") flooding the entire Saint Bernard Parish and the East Bank of Plaquemines Parish. Three major breaches occurred on the Industrial Canal; one on the northeast side near the junction with Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and two on the southeast side along the Lower Ninth Ward, between Florida Avenue and Claiborne Avenue. On the east side of New Orleans the 17th Street Canal levee breached 4 feet (1.2 m) below design specs on the New Orleans side near the Old Hammond Highway Bridge. The London Avenue Canal breached in two places, near Robert E. Lee Boulevard, an...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2970817 ... Read more

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Chapters: Todd Staples. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 52. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Douglas Todd Staples (born August 24, 1963) is the current Commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture and a member of the Republican Party. Prior to his election as Agriculture Commissioner, he was a member of both houses of the Texas State Legislature and a member of the city council in Palestine, Texas. Staples was unopposed for renomination in the GOP primary held on March 2, 2010. In the general election set for November 2, he faces the populist Democrat Hank Gilbert, his original statewide opponent from 2006. Gilbert in his primary defeated Richard S. "Kinky" Friedman, who was an Independent gubernatorial candidate in 2006. Friedman, who said he will not again seek public office, has pledged to support Gilbert in the bid to unseat Staples. Staples grew up in Palestine (pronounced PAL ES STEEN), the seat of Anderson County in East Texas. He graduated from Palestine High School where he was an active member of the Future Farmers of America. While in college, he served as state vice-president of the FFA from 19811982. He attended Texas A ... Read more

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Chapters: Gun Barrel City, Texas. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 122. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Gun Barrel City, Texas -Despite having a name that evokes images of the Texas Frontier, Gun Barrel City is only forty years old. Not long after Cedar Creek Lake (a reservoir for the Tarrant Regional Water District) completed construction, the fledgling community that sat on its banks took steps to officially become a city. Gun Barrel City was incorporated on May 26, 1969. Since that time, Gun Barrel City has grown into the central hub and access point for the waters of Cedar Creek Lake. This has led visitors from around the region to use Gun Barrel City as the gateway into the lake. In addition to the high amount of tourism that the community witnesses (particularly during the summer boating season), Gun Barrel City and the surrounding communities have experienced a residential building boom over the past several years. This growth has largely been led by the relocation of wealthy retirees from throughout the Dallas region, building large lake homes in order to take advantage of Gun Barrel City's lake access. In 2000, Gun Barrel City elected a 21-year-old mayor, Tye Thomas, who became a media and political celebrity in the Dallas metropolitan area. After he resigned in 2001, he and the community were featured in various publications and programs, including a story on the popular national radio program This American Life. In 2008, Gun Barrel City received the coveted Certified Retirement Community recognition from the Texas Department of Agriculture's Go Texan program. The community has also received recognition from the Governor's Office, receiving second place on two separate occasions in the Governor's Community Achievement Awards. Nestled on the shores of Cedar Creek Lake, ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=136057 ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Order your own softcover black & white reprint of a previously owned high school yearbook. Whether you no longer have your own copy or want to surprise someone with a unique gift, the memories in this yearbook are sure to make someone smile! All the pages and images are reproduced as-is, which means your copy may show handwriting or effects of aging, and that certain pages, images, or other content may be omitted, missing, or obscured. Because this is a black & white print, any color images (excluding the cover) will print as gray. You can preview the color pages before you buy at www.classmates.com/yearbooks.Don't miss out! Bring home a piece of your history. ... Read more

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This reproduction was printed from a digital file created at the Library of Congress as part of an extensive scanning effort started with a generous donation from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.The Library is pleased to offer much of its public domain holdings free of charge online and at a modest price in this printed format.Seeing these older volumes from our collections rediscovered by new generations of readers renews our own passion for books and scholarship. ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Grisou, Explosion de Vapeur, Arrête-Flammes, Explosion de Fumées, Catastrophe de Texas City, Explosion Au Gaz, Déflagration, Mégatonne, Ground Zero, Explosion de Vapeur En Milieu Non-Confiné, Implosion, Désastre Des Feux D'artifices D'enschede. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Le grisou (le mot vient de grégeois) est un gaz naturel qui se dégage des couches de charbon et des terrains encaissants. Très redouté des mineurs, les explosions causées par ce gaz, appelées coups de grisou, ont causé de nombreuses victimes. Le grisou par Constantin Meunier Le grisou a tué des milliers de mineurs, ici en Allemagne à Dortmund où 130 mineurs ont été sortis morts de la mine suite au « coup de grisou » du 11 février 1925 La composition des grisous des bassins houillers britannico-franco-belgo-rhénan varie entre les limites suivantes : En principe, on peut donc assimiler ce grisou à du méthane, gaz extrêmement combustible. Il est à l'origine de nombreuses catastrophes minières (coups de grisou), surtout avant l'invention de la Lampe Davy. Sa masse volumique est de /m³ et sa densité par rapport à l'air est de 0,558. De plus, il est inodore et incolore. À pression et température ordinaires, les teneurs limites d'inflammabilité sont de 5,6 et 14 %. La combustion a une allure explosive entre 6 et 12%. L'inflammation d'un volume gazeux constitué d'un mélange d'air et de grisou, dans les travaux souterrains, entraîne : L'équation de combustion du méthane est la suivante : CH4 + 2 O2 → CO2 + 2 H2O À Avion et Divion dans l'ancien bassin minier du Pas-de-Calais ainsi qu'à Lourches (ancienne fosse Désirée-La Naville) près de Valenciennes, le grisou est récupéré, purifié et injecté dans le réseau public de distribution de...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Galveston, Archidiocèse de Galveston-Houston, Texas City, La Marque, Clear Lake Shores, Kemah. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Galveston ( en anglais) est une ville des États-Unis qui se situe dans le sud de l'État du Texas, sur une petite île dans le golfe du Mexique, dans le comté de Galveston. Elle est célèbre pour avoir été victime de la plus grande catastrophe naturelle des États-Unis qui fit 8 000 victimes lors de l'ouragan de Galveston en 1900. Aujourd'hui, la ville compte 57 000 habitants pour une superficie de , dont seulement de terres. Elle a été à nouveau menacée le 23 septembre 2005 par l'ouragan Rita. En 2008, l'ouragan Ike a fortement frappé la ville. Carte de la baie de GalvestonL'île de Galveston était peuplée par les tribus Karankawa et Akokisa. L'explorateur espagnol Cabeza de Vaca fit naufrage sur l'île en 1528 et commença ici son périple vers Mexico. À la fin des années 1600, l'explorateur français René Robert Cavelier de La Salle revendiqua ces terres au nom de Louis XIV et fonda Fort Saint-Louis. L'île fut baptisée en l'honneur de Bernardo de Gálvez en 1785 par l'explorateur espagnol Jose de Evia qui dessina la carte des côtes du Golfe du Mexique. La première colonie permanente fut installée sur l'île par le corsaire français Louis-Michel Aury comme base opérationnelle au soutien de la rébellion contre l'Espagne au Mexique. En 1817, Louis-Michel Aury, revenant d'un raid infructueux contre l'Espagne, trouva l'île occupée par Jean Lafitte, pirate mais aussi héros de la guerre de 1812. Lafitte avait organisé Galveston en royaume pirate nommé "Campêche" qu'il gouvernait. Lafitte resta sur l'île jusqu'en 1821, il en fut chassé par la marine américaine désirant faire cesser la ...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Chapters: Aggie Bonfire, Texas City Disaster, Phillips Disaster of 1989, Texas City Refinery, Jim Mcingvale, Fry Street Fire, 1999 Lake Worth, Texas Church Fire, Phillips Explosion of 2000, Phillips Explosion of 1999, Kaiser Burnout, Gulf Hotel Fire. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 62. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Aggie Bonfire was a long-standing tradition at Texas A ... Read more

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This detailed map of Temple and Belton, Texas has complete coverage for the cities and surrounding area, with an inset map for downtown, plus most major tourist and business districts. When you flip the map over, you will find a complete street index and a "city and vicinity" map of the entire metro area. ... Read more

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Order your own softcover black & white reprint of a previously owned high school yearbook. Whether you no longer have your own copy or want to surprise someone with a unique gift, the memories in this yearbook are sure to make someone smile! All the pages and images are reproduced as-is, which means your copy may show handwriting or effects of aging, and that certain pages, images, or other content may be omitted, missing, or obscured. Because this is a black & white print, any color images (excluding the cover) will print as gray. You can preview the color pages before you buy at www.classmates.com/yearbooks.Don't miss out! Bring home a piece of your history. ... Read more

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Order your own softcover black & white reprint of a previously owned high school yearbook. Whether you no longer have your own copy or want to surprise someone with a unique gift, the memories in this yearbook are sure to make someone smile! All the pages and images are reproduced as-is, which means your copy may show handwriting or effects of aging, and that certain pages, images, or other content may be omitted, missing, or obscured. Because this is a black & white print, any color images (excluding the cover) will print as gray. You can preview the color pages before you buy at www.classmates.com/yearbooks.Don't miss out! Bring home a piece of your history. ... Read more

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Order your own softcover color reprint of a previously owned high school yearbook. Whether you no longer have your own copy or want to surprise someone with a unique gift, the memories in this yearbook are sure to make someone smile! All the pages and images are reproduced as-is, which means your copy may show handwriting or effects of aging, and that certain pages, images, or other content may be omitted, missing, or obscured. This color print will preserve any images originally printed in color (including the cover), but won't add color to images originally printed in black & white. You can preview the color pages before you buy at www.classmates.com/yearbooks.Don't miss out! Bring home a piece of your history. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Randolph Air Force Base (Randolph AFB) is a base of the United States Air Force located in Universal City, Texas, near San Antonio. Dedicated June 20, 1930, as a flying training base, it continues with that mission today. The base is named after Captain William Millican Randolph, a native of Austin who was on the base naming committee at the time of his death in a crash. It serves as headquarters of the Air Education and Training Command (AETC) as well as the Air Force Personnel Center (AFPC) and is known as "the Showplace of the Air Force" because of the Spanish Colonial Revival Style architecture in which all structures including hangars were constructed. The symbol of the base is a large water tower atop Building 100, housing the 12th Flying Training Wing (12 FTW) headquarters, known throughout the Air Force as "the Taj Mahal" or simply "The Taj". An AETC unit, the 12 FTW is the host wing for Randolph. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! LeagueCity is a city in Galveston County and HarrisCounty in the U.S. state of Texas, within theHouston-Sugar Land-Baytown metropolitan area. As ofthe 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was45,444; in the 2006 census estimate, the populationwas listed as 67,200. The city has a small portionnorth of Clear Creek within Harris County, Texaszoned for residential and commercial uses.LeagueCity is home to several water-side resorts used bypeople from nearby Houston.League City surpassedGalveston as Galveston County's largest city between2000 and 2005. ... Read more