# The Fires

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- Book: [The Fires](https://www.bookquiver.com/joe-flood/the-fires) ([The Fires.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/joe-flood/the-fires.md))
- Authors: [Joe Flood](https://www.bookquiver.com/joe-flood)
- Publisher: Riverhead Books
- ISBN: 978-15-9448-506-0
- Pages: 368
- Published: 2011-04-05
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A revealing account of the first time computer modeling met City Hall -- and the disaster that ensued In 1968, New York City struck a deal with the RAND Corporation to use their computer models to establish...