Sentences with phrase «against flooding in»

We should also pray against floods in Kogi, Lagos, Benue, Plateau and Rivers states.

Not exact matches

Until just a few years ago, a good disaster recovery plan included insuring your company against flood and disruption, backing up your data and storing it in a different location once a week, as well as developing a contingency plan for your employees to work from home, or some other location.

On Monday, as Irma weakened over Georgia, Bossert used a White House briefing to offer more hints of an emerging climate resilience policy, while notably avoiding accepting climate change science: «What President Trump is committed to is making sure that federal dollars aren't used to rebuild things that will be in harm's way later or that won't be hardened against the future predictable floods that we see.

«We can longer commit to evaluating the impacts and risks of a single project in isolation against a retrospective, stationary understanding of risk (e.g., the 100 - year flood we've been hearing so much about.)»

Exacerbating the issue is that owners of lower - priced homes likely don't have the resources to take preventative measures against the rising tides, like putting in sea walls or making changes to foundations to withstand intermittent flooding.

When Alan Greenspan flooded the mortgage market with credit, homeowners borrowed against («cashed out» on) the rise in housing prices as if their homes were a piggy bank.

Ensure that all your properties are duly insured against fire, flood and inflation or other factors that may affect your investments in future.

I struggle with the fact that people sinned in Noah's time and that sin was counted against them in the form of the flood.

Because God flooded Earth and except Noah and his family in what is clearly not a sea - bearing boat, killed everyone, including «innocent» babies (which of course begs to question the whole idea about the Bible being against abortion and all even though it doesn't explicitly say anything against abortion though the method for aborting fetuses, e.g., forced miscarriage, already existed in those days.

If I've learned anything over the past few years it's been that when the rains come down and the floods come up, when doubt and frustration whip like wind against my faith, all the apologetics in the world can't ground me like the simple, yet profoundly challenging teachings of Jesus Christ.

A realistic appraisal of human nature leads to a view of democracy as a dyke against the flood of self - interest, as a means of approaching basic justice in relationships between people who are by nature inclined toward injustice because they look first to their own advantage.

The Colosseum in Rome was flooded with red light on Saturday to protest against the death sentence for Asia Bibi, who has been charged with blasphemy in Pakistan.

His act is an outrage against «mama - allpa (Mother Earth)[who] bestows water freely, the same for everyone» (Agua, p. 27) Representing nature in general, water is benign but stern: the same stream that irrigates may also flood; bathing may end in drowning.

She repeatedly saw how «someone would toss out a half - baked argument against Christianity that might have sounded impressive offline, but it would be quickly demolished in the flood of facts provided by the internet».

Reading John Kekes» dense, argumentative, and coldly logical Against Liberalism brought this memory flooding back, for it is exactly the kind of empty theorizing indulged in by the former Jesuit that Kekes condemns.

Bill Maher is framing his accusation against God with this assumption (held by those «Christians» in his life): that all «the wicked» judged by God in the flood, will also (and so much worse) spend the remainder of their eternal souls in ETERNAL punishment.

And yet there are vast numbers of Christians who believe that God commands people to slaughter others, that God drowned people in a flood, and that God is the one who killed His own Son on the cross to appease His own wrath and anger against human sin.

whatever the democratic party tells you is a lie do the opposite they would want you to go against republicans becuase our country is not a democracy its a republic people wake up the republican party isnt about the rich its about all of us lower taxes for all the republican party is about smaller government not intruding in your life the democrats know this and started a class war to make blacks and hispanics flood their cause im a 24 latino and switched republican last year i was fooled my whole life read history and you will see im telling the truth

2 seasons back, we lost the first game against Aston Villa, the same banter flooded this forum after that game «buy buy buy, Wenger out»... We all know what happened after that game, Arsenal set a new record for holding the 1st place in the table!

The project will not only require an extension of the metro, but also a pedestrian bridge across the Tiber to a new train station, and more connective road infrastructure at the isolated site, which is nestled against a flood - prone elbow bend in the Tiber on the outskirts of Rome.

Our side lacks pace penetration and urgency right now and we are easy to defend against I don't see a flood of goals in us and I don't see any goal scorer other then Ramsey and Sanchez in our side.

«After writing an editorial criticizing Babywise in a magazine of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Matt Aney said he was flooded with calls from nurses and other pediatricians complaining about Babywise parents who would not give up strict feeding schedules against medical advice.

In part, the clash pits residents concerned about preserving recreational space at a neighborhood park against Park District officials with a broader ecological interest in improving the quality of area waters and contributing to flood - control effortIn part, the clash pits residents concerned about preserving recreational space at a neighborhood park against Park District officials with a broader ecological interest in improving the quality of area waters and contributing to flood - control effortin improving the quality of area waters and contributing to flood - control efforts.

The bill introduced this month in the wake of a flood of sexual harassment allegations against powerful men in a variety of industries includes a provision that would ban confidential settlements.

FSB National Chairman meets businesses in York devastated by the latest flooding and calls for better insurance cover Small firms need insurance protection against flooding as the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) raises concerns that many businesses in high - risk flood areas can not get adequate insurance cover and will have to pay out themselves to repair damage.

The measures were announced by Sens. Cathy Young and Elaine Phillips and come amid a flood of harassment accusations leveled against powerful men in the media, entertainment and politics.

Small firms need insurance protection against flooding as the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) raises concerns that many businesses in high - risk flood areas can not get adequate insurance cover and will have to pay out themselves to repair damage.

They banked on larger donations to flood the airwaves in the final weeks to turn late - deciding voters against the incumbent in a backloaded strategy that left them with money in the bank at the end — typically a no - no in presidential politics.

He said recent extreme weather like the floods in Gloucestershire had demonstrated the need to ensure back - up systems were «similarly proofed against extreme weather events».

«The ABI has an unparalleled record of delivering complex, industry - led projects in partnership with Government, such as FloodRe to ensure affordable flood insurance for households at high risk, and MedCo, to protect customers against unscrupulous claims management companies.

The Ogun State Government has urged residents living in areas severely affected by flood to relocate in order to guide against loss of lives and property.

From Molinaro's view, groups of people were leveraged against each other, whether it was county leaders seeking certainty for their finances, the New York City school system and how it's leadership structure is formed or the communities affected by flooding that are in need of aid.

Over the last several weeks, a flood of allegations leveled against powerful figures in Hollywood, the media and in government have surfaced.

In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, South Carolina's Republican members of Congress voted against sending federal aid to flood - ravaged communities.

In past years, Agudath Israel of America, an ultra-Orthodox umbrella group, and the Roman Catholic Church, have lobbied against Markey's efforts, voicing fear of a potential flood of claims, including some from long ago via the one - year window.

The NYPD set up a new team within its Special Victims Unit to handle the recent flood of sex - assault accusations against high - profile figures, because «they come up almost every day» in response to what's been called the «Weinstein effect.»

The measure would also fund parks in underserved parts of the state and projects to protect against flooding and to clean up water supplies.

To set that figure we need to undertake a sea defence review, similar to the military defence review, which would set out what we actually need to do in terms of reasonable protection against coastal flooding and erosion and how much it will cost.

The Goshen residents, who all live in the New Hampton area, have filed against the town, Orange County and the State Department of Environmental Conservation claiming they did not clear tree growth and other obstructions from the Wallkill River, which resulted in the flooding of their homes.

«She's voted against the [Marcy] Nanocenter, a farm bill to help farmers, flood protection,» Hanna said during an event in Mexico, NY.

Sanders returned the favor, declared her contest against ex-Assembly GOP Minority Leader John Faso «the most important congressional race in the country,» campaigned for her and urged his supporters to flood her coffers.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo urged New Yorkers to take precautions against potential flooding in the wake of warmer temperatures and freezing rain expected across the state Thursday and Friday.

The Ogun State Government has urged residents living in areas severely affected by flood to relocate in order to guard against the loss of lives and...

It could be recalled that the Ogun State Government had urged residents living in areas prone to flooding to relocate in order to guard against loss of lives and property.

Atta Akyea, who was in parliament to respond to questions on the country's preparation against flooding ahead of the rainy season, said...

The state of emergency declared by Cuomo allows the Department of Environmental Conservation to issue emergency permits for protective measures against high Lake Ontario waters, and Cuomo also created a rapid response team, a flood information hotline and deployed 20 National Guard members to help in flood reactions.

Other areas in the Afar region are below sea level, however, and could see flooding before that if similar rifting occurs near the coastal volcanoes to the north and east that form a natural levee against the sea.

By isolating 150 flower species against white, and flooding them with light in the height of their blossom, for his recent book Flowers photographer Andrew Zuckerman sought to make individual «portraits» of the botanicals.

In light of the Fukushima disaster, an obvious move might now be to recommend placing the backup generators for nuclear power stations on higher ground to guard against tsunamis or floods.

In this, a carefully structured, mandatory insurance can assign the costs of actual damage in such a way that the economic incentives for mitigation measures against flooding and heavy rainfall are not losIn this, a carefully structured, mandatory insurance can assign the costs of actual damage in such a way that the economic incentives for mitigation measures against flooding and heavy rainfall are not losin such a way that the economic incentives for mitigation measures against flooding and heavy rainfall are not lost.