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Taming
Storm Surges
When Ecology, Engineering, and Faith Meet
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By
Bob Onan
352 pages
2006, paperbound
ISBN 1-880654-33-4
Order Number: PP334
Price: $16.95.
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Storm surges
and flood tides regularly attack the coastal barrier islands of
Bangladesh, then surge inland. Tibetan mountain rivers laden with
snow and glacial melt and accelerate downhill. These waters flood
the villages, croplands, and animal habitat in Bangladesh. They
spread death, destruction and disease. This first novel is about
vulnerability to these forces of nature which create loss of dignity,
minimal health care, and economic deprivation for the people.
The story begins on a stage of despair. A veneer of phony opulence
covers the abject poverty of the people. But one person, a medical
doctor from Bangladesh, has seen enough. His skills enable him
to diagnose these problems of his country. His focus is health
care yet his search for solutions and remedies leads him into
un-chartered international waters. There he finds assistance,
colleagues, love, faith and success.
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