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PUBLICATIONS:

Bowers, Neal M. (2001) Problems of Resettlement on Saipan, Tinian and Rota, Mariana Islands Saipan: CNMI Historic Preservation Office, Second Edition (First Edition:1950).

Spoehr, Alexander (2000) Saipan: The Ethnology of a War-Devastated Island Saipan: Division of Historic Preservation (Second Edition).

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IMAGES:

Bird illustrations by H. Douglas Pratt, 1989. Source: Guam Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources and CNMI Division of Fish & Wildlife, "Seabirds, Shorebirds and Waterbirds of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands" (poster).

Satellite imagery of "Typhoon Alley" from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center.

Historical image of typhoon damage

Except where stated otherwise, all photographs by RDK Herman, Pacific Worlds.


WEBSITES:

Marianas Islands Biology and Physiography is nicely presented on a website by Mr. Mancuso of Simon Sanchez High School, Guam. Photographs, maps, and lists of species and natural hazards:
http://www.guam.net/pub/sshs/depart/science/mancuso/
marianas/intromar.htm

Joint Typhoon Warning Center, Naval Pacific Meteorology and Oceanography Center :
http://www.npmoc.navy.mil/jtwc.html
This website is considered the best source for information on Typhoons in the Pacific. Statistics, satellite photographs, current bulletins, and more.

Hurricane Fact Sheet from FEMA:
http://www.fema.gov/hazards/hurricanes/hurricaf.shtm
Includes guidelines on how to prepapre for a typhoon, and what to check for afterwards.

NOAA Press Release 2000-235,4/27/00 http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/releases2000/apr00/noaa00r235.html

Chamorro Plant Names: Click on the names to get images and information about many Chamorro plants:
http://uog2.uog.edu/cals/site/POG/chmpn.html



 

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