Saving Cascadia |
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| Author:
| Nance, John J. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7434-7661-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2006 |
| Publisher: | Pocket Books
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| Imprint: | Pocket Books |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $7.99 |
Book Description:
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NO ONE THINKS IT CAN HAPPEN HEREWashington State's Cascadia Island has been the focus of seis-mologist Doug Lam's intensive research. Formed by earthquakescenturies ago, the unstable landmass needs only the slightesttrigger to unleash a devastating catastrophe.NO ONE HEARS THE WARNINGSA wealthy developer stands to make millions from the construction of a luxury resort on Cascadia -- and no scientist's theories of calamity will stop him. But on the eve of the complex's grand opening,...
More DescriptionNO ONE THINKS IT CAN HAPPEN HEREWashington State's Cascadia Island has been the focus of seis-mologist Doug Lam's intensive research. Formed by earthquakescenturies ago, the unstable landmass needs only the slightesttrigger to unleash a devastating catastrophe.NO ONE HEARS THE WARNINGSA wealthy developer stands to make millions from the construction of a luxury resort on Cascadia -- and no scientist's theories of calamity will stop him. But on the eve of the complex's grand opening, terror rolls in with unstoppable force.NO ONE WILL SURVIVESeismic rumblings along the Northwest Corridor escalate to deadly tremors that put hundreds of lives on the line. With the islandimploding and the military ill-supplied, Doug and his girlfriend, pilot Jennifer Lindstrom, race to evacuate the island by air while dreading the worst: the upheaval signals the approach of a killer tsunami....