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Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Discover the many ways in which dams and levees are marvels of modern engineering through accessible text and informative photos. Each chapter focuses on an important aspect of these structures, including the history of their invention, examples of noteworthy dams and levees, related career paths, and stories of the tragedies that have occurred when dams and levees failed. This book's contents directly correlate with Next Generation Science Standards,...
Author
Publisher
Mango Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"In 2005, the entire world watched as New Orleans was nearly wiped off the map. The levees ruptured and most of the city flooded. But while newscasters attributed the flood to a natural disaster and the low elevation of the city, citizen investigator Sandy Rosenthal set out to expose the true culprit and compel the media and government to tell the truth. This is the true story. When the protective steel flood-walls broke, the US Army Corps of Engineers--with...
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Hurricane Katrina struck the city of New Orleans in 2005. The levees and floodwalls built to protect the city failed. Many neighborhoods flooded, and more than 1,800 people died. Thousands more were left stranded. The New Orleans Levee Failure examines the scope of the disaster, its causes, and how people can keep a similar disaster from happening again. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject....
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Directed by Spike Lee, this two-part, four hour documentary revisits New Orleans five years after Katrina, and four years since the premiere of Lee's landmark, triple Emmy-winning HBO documentary, When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts. Featuring many of the principals seen in the first documentary, the new film opens with February's celebratory Super Bowl parade before delving into such issues as relocation, rebuilding, mental-health concerns,...
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
America's infrastructure was once our proudest achievement. Now its a most dangerous embarrassment. Bridges, dams, levees and highways are crumbling, toppling, being washed away, and putting us all at risk. Features interviews with journalists, noted scientists, whistleblowers who risked their lives to speak out, and politicians from both sides. Exposes the rampant collusion, corruption and cronyism within the government agencies whose very purpose...
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Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
People change the way water moves around them in many different ways. Reclaiming land from rising ocean tides requires levees and seawalls, but few of us know how these amazing engineering tasks are actually carried out. This exciting title takes a look at famous levees on rivers and seawalls on oceans around the world, including the series of projects protecting New Orleans, Louisiana. It also explores what happens when these projects fail, and how...
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Over the course of two years, producer June Cross, documents the story of the extended family of 82-year-old Herbert Gettridge, an African-American family with deep roots in New Orleans, as they struggled to rebuild their homes and their lives after Hurricane Katrina.
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Northern Lawyer John Reynolds goes up against the lottery racket in 1880 corrupt Louisiana. While on the riverboat to New Orleans, he meets and falls in love with Southern Belle, Julie, General Anatole Mirbeau's beautiful daughter. The General and his right-hand man Blackburn 'Blackie' Williams run the popular Louisiana State Lottery Company, which supports illegal activities and brothels while corrupting judges and other city officials. The battle...
11) The big uneasy
Publisher
FilmBuff
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"The first documentary by New Orleans resident and longtime "mockumentarian" Harry Shearer, the Big Uneasy follows three remarkable people -- the leaders of two scientific investigation teams, and one whistleblower -- as they reveal the true story of why the city flooded, why it could happen again, and why other U.S. cities are at risk. It's the "news" the mainstream news media missed; an inside look at a disaster that could have been prevented from...
Series
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"Examines the following five events: a deadly explosion in Cleveland that killed 128 people in 1944; the collapse of a skywalk that killed 114 people at a Kansas City dance competition; the riveting collapse of a San Francisco mansion into a massive sinkhole; the 1931 Yangtze River floods that killed 145,000 people; and the 'miracle mineral' that turned out to be an invisible killer"--Distributor Web site.
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