Home |Register |Sign In Home Top Picks: All Books Quakeland: On the Road to America’s Next Devastating Earthquake Quakeland: On the Road to America’s Next DevastatingEarthquake by Kathryn Miles Price: $28.00 (Hardcover) Published: August 29, 2017 Rating: 0.0/ 5 (0 votes cast) From the Publisher: A journey around the United States in search of thetruth about the threat of earthquakes leads to spine-tingling discoveries, unnerving experts, and ultimately the kind of preparations that will actually help guide us through disasters.</p><p> It’s a road trip full of surprises.</p><p> Earthquakes.</p><p> You need to worry about them only if you’re in SanFrancisco, right? Wrong.</p><p> We have been making enormous changes tosubterranean America, and Mother Earth, as always, has been making some of her own. . . .</p><p> The consequences for our real estate, our civil engineering, and our communities will be huge because they will includeearthquakes most of us do not expect and cannot imagine—at least notwithout reading Quakeland .</p><p> Kathryn Miles descends into mines in the Northwest, dissects Mississippi levee engineering studies, uncovers thehorrific risks of an earthquake in the Northeast, and interviews theseismologists, structual engineers, and emergency managers around thecountry who are addressing this ground shaking threat.</p><p> As Miles relates,the era of human-induced earthquakes began in 1962 in Colorado after millions of gallons of chemical-weapon waste was pumped underground in the Rockies.</p><p> More than 1,500 quakes over the following seven yearsresulted.</p><p> The Department of Energy plans to dump spent nuclear rods inthe same way.</p><p> Evidence of fracking’s seismological impact continues tomount. . . .</p><p> Humans as well as fault lines built our “quakeland”.</p><p> What will happen when Memphis, home of FedEx's 1.5-million-packages-a-day hub, goes offline as a result of an earthquake along the unstable Reelfoot Fault?FEMA has estimated that a modest 7.0 magnitude quake (twenty of thesehappen per year around the world) along the Wasatch Fault under Salt Lake City would put a $33 billion dent in our economy.</p><p> When the Fukushima reactor melted down, tens of thousands were displaced.</p><p> IfNew York’s Indian Point nuclear power plant blows, ten million people willbe displaced.</p><p> How would that evacuation even begin? Kathryn Miles’ tour of our land is as fascinating and frightening as it is irresistibly compelling.</p><p> Rate This Book Add To Wishlist |Rate/Review Add To Bookshelf Get This Book Go to your preferred retailer, click to choose a format and you' ll be taken directly to their site where you can get this book.Share This Book About The Author Kathryn Miles KATHRYN MILES is an acclaimed journalist and writer-in-residence for Green Mountain College, as well as a faculty member forChatham University’s MFA program.</p><p> With aBA in Philosophy from St.</p><p> Louis Universityand a PhD in English from the University of Delaware, Miles is also a scholar-in- residence for the Maine Humanities Counciland a member of the Terrain.org editorialboard.</p><p> Her work has appeared in The BestAmerican Essays, Popular Mechanics, Outside, and The New York Times.</p><p> Release Info List Price: $28.00 (Hardcover) Published: August 29, 2017 Publisher: Dutton Pages: 368 ISBN 10: 0525955186 ISBN 13: 9780525955184Personalize / Add More Choices What We Say Journalist Kathryn Miles charms and entertains as she crisscrosses the US for this survey of "quakeland." She covers the terrain of earthquakes fully by talking with experts, drawing deft profiles of scientists and engineers and citizens and even heading deep into mines or the NYC subway system.</p><p> The message is clear: earthquakes are perhaps the least trackablenatural disaster and are NOT just a problem for San Franciscans and anyone near the San Andreas Fault.</p><p> She reminds us thatNew York City had a major earthquake in the mid-1800s and explains why its building codes are woefully inadequate. (Some80% of Manhattan skyscrapers have unreinforced masonry and you really don't want unreinforced masonry when dealing with an earthquake).</p><p> She gives the science on the explosion in the number of earthquakes thanks to fracking.</p><p> And she does it with a light touch.</p><p> Of course, as a New Yorker it was delightful to learn that subway tunnels are a very good place to beduring an earthquake.</p><p> It was less delightful to learn of one exception, to read that about the least durable section of theUS subway system is the 7 train tunnel from Manhattan to Queens WHILE I WAS RIDING ON THE 7 TRAIN FROM MANHATTAN TO QUEENS! Thanks, Kathryn.</p><p> Filled with fascinating info you want to share immediately with friends so they can be just as freaked out as you, "Quakeland" may do so many different things (history, science, sounding the alarm) that you get a littlebewildered by the end.</p><p> But if it does sprawl a bit, you know without a doubt its foundations in the latest science is verysturdy indeed. -- Michael Giltz What Others Say Early Praise for Quakeland “Thanks largely to Miles’s conversational, somehow cheery writing style, I was riveted throughout and heartily recommend this book to people living everywhere.</p><p> For policymakers, Quakeland shouldbe required reading.” —Sierra Magazine “That fear you feel? It's intended...</p><p> Quakeland seeks to rattle us free ofthe ignorance, uncertainty and short memory that have paralyzed plans for prevention and survival.” —TimeMagazine “[Quakeland] takes the form of a road trip to visit seismic disasters both past and potential, and seismologists and earthquake engineers who have first-hand knowledge of them.</p><p> Their colourful personalities, opinions and prejudices tell a story of scientific discovery and engineering remedy... a engaging read.” —Nature“Quakeland is everything a popular science book should be: well-researched, anecdotal, sometimes humorous,and easily understood.” —Shelf Awareness “Engrossing, timely, thoroughly researched… Smart, compelling, andfearless in its embrace of science, Quakeland is full of fascinating people imparting big truths.</p><p> We ignore theirknowledge at our peril.” —Booklist “Accessible...</p><p> Readers interested in the history of plate tectonics, seismicrisk, and our society’s vulnerability would likely enjoy...” —Science “A wide-ranging account of earthquakes, theleast understood of natural disasters, with vivid stories of the havoc they create and a warning about what willsomeday happen in the United States… readable and engaging—not to mention eye-opening, as the authordelivers a firm warning to policymakers as well as individual citizens.” —Kirkus Reviews "Mixing geological primer with apocalyptic warning, Miles makes clear “how fragile—and volatile—the ground beneath our feet really is.” —Publishers Weekly “Quakeland by Kathryn Miles scared the hell out of me.</p><p> If you think earthquakes happen onlyin California, you need to read this book.</p><p> What an eye opener! Based on the latest unimpeachable and carefullysourced scientific research, this book lays out not only the extreme danger of massive quakes in unexpectedplaces (like the Northeast, Memphis, and Salt Lake City) but also documents the crazy things we are doing thatare vastly increasing the frequency and threat of earthquakes.</p><p> Well-written, gripping, fascinating, harrowing—Quakeland is a book we all need to read, if only to know how to survive when the big one hits.“ --DouglasPreston, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story “This book isas terrifying as it is enthralling.</p><p> With eye-opening historical context, Kathryn Miles describes the surprisingly wide scope of seismic hazards, the frightening deficiencies of our infrastructure, and the people striving to protect us all.</p><p> Quakeland is an urgent call to action, one that we would be witless to ignore.” --Nathalia Holt,New York Times bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us From Missiles to theMoon to Mars “With seismic prose and John McPhee's gift for translating science with metaphor, Kathryn Milesmakes you wonder at the tremendous forces continuously shaping our landscape.</p><p> You need not live near a faultline (spoiler: you probably do) to enjoy this well-reported, entertaining foray into the scientific subculture ofearthquakes.</p><p> Miles is sparring with Mary Roach for top spot on my science bookshelf.” --Kim Cross, New YorkTimes best-selling author of What Stands in a Storm “Full of wit and wisdom, Quakeland takes readers on ajourney into what for most of us is an unknown world—the planet beneath our feet.</p><p> Read this book and you willreturn from the unknown not only informed and entertained, but even more in awe of the world than you mightalready have been.” --Paul Bogard, author of The Ground Beneath Us “Quakeland was a mesmerizing companion on a trip I took to the Northwest.</p><p> It's a revelation about the treachery of the crust beneath your feet.</p><p> This could be the most important book you ever read.” --Alanna Mitchell, author of Sea Sick Praise for Superstorm"Superstorm reads like the script of a blockbuster movie, transforming that Halloween storm into a nightmarishmonster come to life.</p><p> She provides horrifying vignettes of the storm's many personal tragedies." —WashingtonPost "Wise and harrowing." —The Associated Press "Fascinating...Meticulous...Heartbreaking...Miles's account--this year's Five Days at Memorial--is an important record for future planners and a gripping read." —LibraryJournal (starred review) "Deeply reported and richly detailed narrative...A masterful job of telling the humantale of the storm." —Miami Herald "Explains how a storm so strong it filled the windows of the InternationalSpace Station managed to catch the nation flat-footed." —New York Post "[A] wide-angle, ticktock account of the massive Atlantic storm system that slammed the Eastern Seaboard on Oct. 29, 2012." —Newsday "Thrilling...Even for those of us who have heard countless hurricane stories, Superstorm, is a valuable addition.</p><p> It goes beyondthe scary radar screens and harrowing photos of the aftermath to the ongoing, massive problems of predictingand surviving such storms." —Tampa Bay Times "Deftly describes the intricacies of meteorology, governmentbureaucracy and maritime travel while weaving together several narrative strands into a compelling tapestry." —Roanoke TimesWhat You Say Filter by No Reviews Found ..... about us |faq|advertise |privacy policy |newsletter |contact us ©2018, BookBuddha LLc.</p><p> All Rights Reserved.
