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Deadly Storms of the Delmarva Coast

By Michael Morgan

Book information

Publisher
Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Year
2019
ISBN
9781439666777, 2019932626, 9781625859389
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (4055631 bytes)
Series
Disaster
Pages
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Time added
2022-10-01 02:46:00
HIS036080HistoryNAT023000NatureNonfictionSOC040000Sociology

Description

Journey to the coast with Michael Morgan as he looks back at the area's most deadly storms. Coastal Delaware, Maryland and Virginia have always been vulnerable to the power of storms. In the early nineteenth century, storm-driven shipwrecks led to the construction of the Delaware breakwater. In 1933, a storm created an inlet on the south edge of Ocean City and changed the character of the Maryland resort. The Ash Wednesday nor'easter of 1962 devastated oceanfront communities, led to the creation of beach replenishment projects that pushed the ocean back from the new multimillion-dollar buildings that sat on the sand and spurred the creation of Assateague Island National Seashore. Michael Morgan narrates the stories of these storms and reminds us of the power of wind and water.

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