Wet Desert: Tracking Down a Terrorist on the Colorado River by Gary Hansen

By Gary Hansen

Supply Stevens, a mid-level supervisor for the Bureau of Reclamation, purely desired to construct dams. He by no means imagined he will be swept right into a determined race opposed to an environmental terrorist bent on restoring the Colorado River by way of blowing up the dams. Left quickly in control of the Bureau, provide needs to react whilst the 1st dam is attacked. He faces the unthinkable job of mitigating the large flood roaring down the Colorado. The flood will ultimately threaten the strong Hoover Dam, and if Hoover fails, the opposite dams downstream will fall like dominos. operating with the FBI, supply makes use of his engineering talents, river wisdom, and lots of intestine intuition in an try and outmaneuver the terrorist. The chase will lead the entire manner downstream to the Gulf of California in a cat and mouse online game the place the stakes are excessive and the opportunity of destruction is gigantic.

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The man would be there for the ceremonies. In fact, he would be in charge of the events. Because he was going to blow it up. m. - Lake Powell, Utah Julie Crawford took a deep breath. " she yelled. The ski handle in her hands jerked savagely. It felt like her arms were being pulled from their sockets. As her body dragged forward through the water, spray from the ski hit her directly in the face. She held her breath and closed her eyes as she always did. She could hear the roar of the boat accelerating.

He looked back at the demolition site. The change was incredible. He had never seen anything like it. He rubbed his hand on his chest and admitted it still felt tight. He peered down into the canyon, but the dust frustrated his ability to see much of anything. If only the wind would blow the cloud away. However, that afternoon, PorcupineCanyon was devoid of any wind or even a breeze. This event, which had drawn so many spectators up PorcupineCanyon on a hot Monday, was the culmination of five years of lawsuits, political jockeying, and environmental studies.

The camera zoomed in on the woman again. She shook her head, then stared into the camera. "No, Jim. " The camera now moved to the male reporter. "Thanks for the report, Laura. In other news, a neighborhood in Boulder is suing the city for not responding to their complaints about -" Grant pressed the button on the remote to shut off the TV. He stared blankly at the dark screen. Although he already knew the west was in another drought, he hadn't actually seen pictures of LakePowell. The low levels had shocked him, especially the one showing the boats passing through the cut next to Castle Rock.

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