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Five epic disasters
\"From a group of students surviving the 9.0 earthquake that set off a historic tsunami in Japan, to a boy nearly frozen on the prairie in 1888, these ... kids lived to tell tales of unimaginable destruction-- and, against all odds, survival. [Includes] the children's blizzard [of] 1888, the Titanic disaster [of] 1912, the great Boston molasses flood [of] 1919, the Japanese tsunami [of] 2011, and the Henryville tornado [of] 2012\"-- Provided by publisher.
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A Short Treatise on the Metaphysics of Tsunamis
In 1755 the city of Lisbon was destroyed by a terrible earthquake. Almost 250 years later, an earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean unleashed a tsunami whose devastating effects were felt over a vast area. In each case, a natural catastrophe came to be interpreted as a consequence of human evil. Between these two events, two indisputably moral catastrophes occurred: Auschwitz and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And yet the nuclear holocaust survivors likened the horror they had suffered to a natural disaster-a tsunami.Jean-Pierre Dupuy asks whether, from Lisbon to Sumatra, mankind has really learned nothing about evil. When moral crimes are unbearably great, he argues, our ability to judge evil is gravely impaired, and the temptation to regard human atrocity as an attack on the natural order of the world becomes irresistible. This impulse also suggests a kind of metaphysical ruse that makes it possible to convert evil into fate, only a fate that human beings may choose to avoid. Postponing an apocalyptic future will depend on embracing this paradox and regarding the future itself in a radically new way.The American edition of Dupuy's classic essay, first published in 2005, also includes a postscript on the 2011 nuclear accident that occurred in Japan, again as the result of a tsunami.
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Natural disasters
Describes the wide range of natural disasters that occur on Earth, including tsunamis, landslides, tornadoes, wildfires, earthquakes, climate change, and infectious diseases.
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Fragile planet
Looks at several types of nature's most devastating natural disasters and how they affect the land and people when they occur.
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The atlas of the world's worst natural disasters
Accounts of what happened during the world's most significant natural disasters. Everything from volcanic eruptions to meteorite strikes.
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Surviving a megatsunami
\"A monstrous megatsunami sounds like the plot of thrilling action movie, but could this catastrophic natural disaster really be in our future? As climate change continues to impact the planet in dangerous and destructive ways, it's best to be prepared. This volume introduces readers to the concept of extreme storms in an entertaining way. \"--Google Books.
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