Sentences with phrase «more dollar damage»

«Does Global Warming Cause More Dollar Damage As Insurance Companies «Claim»?

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He needed to rent skis and just as he was paying for his ski rental the guy behind the counter says, «would you like damage protection — it's only a dollar more?»

«It was certainly more art than science because we didn't know the level of interest would be and the level of damage would be, so we talked about that if the dollars were sufficient, coming back and doing another appropriation,» Heastie said.

With high winds and record - breaking storm surges in some areas, Sandy has claimed more than 100 U.S. lives, caused billions of dollars in damages and stranded travelers across the country

As noted in this study, in 2012 there were 11 weather and climate billion - dollar disaster events across the United States, including superstorm Sandy, causing 377 deaths and more than $ 110 billion in damages.

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction reported that disasters have affected around 2.9 billion people worldwide from 2000 - 2012 - killing more than a million, and damaging around 1.7 trillion US dollars in estimates.

If they disappear, more than a million additional people and billions of dollars in property value will be vulnerable to damage, says a paper published yesterday in the journal Nature Climate Change.

It is not uncommon for a person bitten by a venomous snake to have medical bills of $ 50,000 or more because of hospitalization, which can run from one day to several weeks, treatments on damaged tissues, plus antivenin treatments that can run into the thousands of dollars, she adds.

At the same time, the big thaw will make getting the oil out more expensive — billions of dollars in infrastructure investments in pipelines, roads and the like will be damaged as the ground shifts beneath them.

The 1999 event in Oklahoma ranks as the third - costliest tornado in U.S. history, having caused more than $ 1 billion in damage at the time, or more than $ 1.3 billion in today's dollars.

Since then, the term has become ubiquitous, tossed around easily as news anchors rattle off the storm's mounting toll: 13 dead, more than 2 million without power at the storm's peak and yet - untold billions of dollars in damages.

Even in an era of advanced computer modeling, the decade - old test is deemed essential for producing aircraft engines that can withstand the impact (pdf) of collisions with birds, which cause more than a billion dollars» worth of damage worldwide to civil aircraft every year, according to the Bird Strike Committee USA.

More than 1,200 tornadoes rip through the U.S. Midwest in an average year, killing about 100 people and costing millions of dollars in damage.

More than seven trillion US dollars economic damage and eight million deaths via natural disasters since the start of the 20th century: These figures have been calculated and collected by the risk engineer Dr. James Daniell from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

This killed 61 people, smashed freeways and wrought more than 10 billion dollars» worth of damage.

The flood killed more than 20 people in Missouri and Illinois, caused several hundred million dollars of damage, and left millions of tons of debris in its wake.

Several of the lawsuits are asking for more than half a billion dollars in damages.

Laura is more a symbol of the collateral damage of Mexico's billion - dollar drug war than a character, and she kind of becomes a numb zombie by the movie's latter half, perhaps accepting her doomed fate.

«Today, we are very pleased to announce that we have completed the final agreement to obligate a total of more than $ 1.8 billion dollars in funding for the state of Louisiana's Recovery School District and Orleans Parish School Board to repair and replace public schools damaged by Hurricane Katrina,» Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano said.

Compounding the damage to public school funding, Malloy's allies intend to «reform» Connecticut's school funding formula to drain more public dollars from public schools — toward privately run charter schools.

Recent derogatory items have greater impact than older ones For this reason, a recent $ 100 collection can do more damage to your current score than an older bankruptcy discharging thousands of dollars.

The landlord's policy has paid out hundreds of thousands of dollars or more in damages, and they want to recover as much of that as possible.

Whereas your homeowner's policy would cover the costs of medical expenses, property damage and legal claims up to your homeowners liability limits (such as $ 100,000, $ 300,000 or $ 500,000), your umbrella policy would provide protection up to $ 1 million dollars or more.

It's more affordable than you think to cover them and can save you tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages to others, as well as protecting them against theft, fires, and other property losses!

(g) A creditor may not contract for or receive a separate charge for insurance against loss of or damage to property or against liability for property damage or personal injuries unless the original amount financed exclusive of the charges for insurance is three hundred dollars ($ 300) or more and the value of the property is three hundred dollars ($ 300) or more.

Hurricane Harvey caused billions of dollars of damage, and Hurricane Irma will likely cost even more.

I would respectfully suggest that «policy - makers within the GOP» have suffered much more «damage» from the millions of dollars in campaign contributions they receive from the fossil fuel corporations.

AGNES In June 1972, Tropical Storm Agnes fused with another storm system in the northeastern U.S., flooding areas from North Carolina to New York State, causing 122 deaths and more than $ 6 billion dollars in damage (when adjusted for inflation).

We know what the costs were: the lives of more than 30 000 people, most of them Iraqi civilians; cultural damages; a great increase in mistrust of, and hatred for, the West; and many millions of tax dollars that would have been much better spent on education, health and combating global warming.

There were more than 30 cities and towns in Texas that ran out of water this past spring plus agricultural damage in the hundreds of millions of dollars due to immense water shortages, and yet the oil & gas industry has been throwing many millions of dollars at misinformation campaigns wherever local resistance to fracking has developed.

Seven of the tropical storms and hurricanes made landfall in the United States causing more than 100 billion US dollars worth of damage.

For instance, Monbiot has it that «Between 2000 and 2002 [TASSC] received $ 30,000 from Exxon», and that this same organisation (The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition) «has done more damage to the campaign to halt [CLIMATE CHANGE] than any other body»... If donations of just $ 10,000 dollars can buy the effect Monbiot is claiming TASSC achieved with it over three years, why on earth would anyone pay for far more expensive comment drones?

Worldwide, from 1980 to 2009, floods caused more than 500,000 deaths and affected more than 2.8 billion people.18 In the United States, floods caused 4,586 deaths from 1959 to 200519 while property and crop damage averaged nearly 8 billion dollars per year (in 2011 dollars) over 1981 through 2011.17 The risks from future floods are significant, given expanded development in coastal areas and floodplains, unabated urbanization, land - use changes, and human - induced climate change.18

Localities» legal complaints lay out hundreds of millions of dollars, possibly more, worth of potential damages from future sea level rise and other global warming impacts.

While it's hard to pin a dollar value on damages, economic models suggest climate change already costs hundreds of billions in damages globally during the 20th century through lost crops, rising seas and more extreme weather.

In contrast, if plug - in vehicles are charged using coal - generated electricity, they could cause several thousands of dollars more damage per vehicle.

Powerful hurricanes and tropical storms hit the Gulf Coast and Caribbean in 2017, killing more than 200 people, causing billions of dollars in damage and upsetting the lives of tens of millions, from Texas to Puerto Rico.

NARUC said the government's failure to begin accepting used nuclear fuel has resulted in more than $ 5 billion dollars in court - awarded damage settlements, at taxpayers» expense.

Perhaps environmental damage is more than «collateral» if it results from hasty multibillion - dollar investments in outmoded technology that can't compete in the green energy marketplace.

More extreme weather and higher sea levels and crop failures were all likely to be quite damaging — but there wasn't enough research to put a precise dollar figure on it.

The CPSC is charged with protecting consumers from unreasonable risks of injury, death and property damage from thousands of types of products which cost our nation more than $ 1 trillion dollars annually.

Hospital bills, ambulance costs, medication, rehabilitation, lost wages, psychological trauma and any other damages will be costly — possibly in the range of tens of thousands of dollars or more.

Quantifying damages for physical pain and emotional suffering can be more difficult to express in dollar amounts since they are personal to the victim.

General damages can range from a few thousand dollars for a single offence by a stranger to $ 250,000 or more for the most serious incest cases.

General damages can range from a few thousand dollars for a single offence by a stranger to $ 250,000.00 or more for the most serious abuse cases.

Defense of an excavation company against claims for more than a million dollars in property damage and business interruption resulting from the severing of underground electrical lines; and

In more recent news, the family of Hernandez's slain friend filed a wrongful death charge earlier this month claiming damages that exceed the value of Hernandez's $ 1.25 million dollar home.

If you live in Washington, things can get a little more complicated, as there is no specific dollar cap on damages, but rather a limitation on the amount that you'll receive based on the injury victim's average annual income and life expectancy.

For these reasons and more, they may be willing to pay your fees on small dollar amount cases despite the straight up cost - benefit analysis of money spent against possible damages won.

$ 700 million dollar settlement and Judgement for individuals receiving property damage and personal injuries from exposure to the chemical PCB when the chemical (more...)