Sentences with phrase «built in an area prone»

It is built in an area prone to wildfires, so it is built out of steel, with rooftop reflecting ponds that keep it cool and can supply thirty thousand gallons of water.

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You can expect within the first 100 days of his presidency that he will curtail immigration from conflict - prone areas of the world in some way and make moves to begin building a wall along the Mexican border.

The project will restore more than 5 acres of flood - prone wetlands in the area, build a new branch of New Creek watershed that will move stormwater from the wetlands to the main channel of New Creek, and eventually install catch basins and storm sewers under the streets, DEP officials said.

The building, which houses an 89 - bed jail, emergency medical services, sheriff's headquarters and a communications center, is in a flood - prone area.

Image courtesy of iStockphoto / kickers A magnitude 5.8 earthquake that shook buildings and sent people in New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and surrounding areas streaming outside into the summer weather on August 23 might seem like small shakes for residents of more quake - prone regions of the nation.

Elsewhere in Norway and in other avalanche - prone areas, for example, towns erect a series of snow fences on slopes where enough snow might build up and tumble down as an avalanche.

To avoid costly problems in the future, ICA and other groups recommend a variety of policy improvements, including changing land use regulations in fire - and flood - prone areas, strengthening building codes, and improving weather warning and modelling services.

Not only is weight training a routine that makes you strong, it is a routine that trains the body to build muscle instead of fat, takes stress off key areas of the body such as the lower back, making you less prone to injury in that area.

If you are in an area prone to severe frost or snow, make sure that the structures around your home can handle the extra weight, and that you are equipped to clear any build - ups as need be.

If you are in an area prone to severe frost or snow, make sure that the structures around your home can handle the extra weight, and that you are equipped to clear any build - ups as need be... (Read More)

First, in areas with tall buildings or trees, it was prone to losing its GPS fix.

The opening of the new campus of the Humane Society of St. Thomas (HSSTT) in 2012 was a major turning point; till then, its only shelter was an uninviting old building with limited facilities for animals in a run - down, flood - prone area.

Rescued: Cattle belonging to local residents in disaster - prone areas near Mount Agung in Bali are ready to be evacuated to temporary shelters built by the Agriculture Ministry.

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (the same group that last year ran ads saying, «Carbon dioxide... They call it pollution... We call it life) last week excoriated federal officials for generations of bad forest management on federal lands and for state and federal insurance policies that encourage building in fire - prone areas.

this has always seemed so pitifully obvious: storms don't have to be more powerful or more frequent; there just has to be more stuff built in storm - prone areas to get blown and flooded away, and the cost of the damage necessarily increases accordingly.

Whether in Texas, Montana, California or Australia, homeowners in regions prone to wildfire would do well to read «Home Survival in Wildfire - Prone Areas: Building Materials and Design Considerations,» a publication (pdf file) from the division of agriculture and natural resources of the University of California syprone to wildfire would do well to read «Home Survival in Wildfire - Prone Areas: Building Materials and Design Considerations,» a publication (pdf file) from the division of agriculture and natural resources of the University of California syProne Areas: Building Materials and Design Considerations,» a publication (pdf file) from the division of agriculture and natural resources of the University of California system.

Now everyone in Florida fill up your pools and drain the Everglades, people in California keep building in fire - prone areas, people in Phoenix keep up that horrendous sprawl (love the 2 hour commute one - way for a 20 mile drive), and all of you in Alaska keep selling the soul of your land for minerals and oil $.

Although this area is not earthquake prone, I fear these buildings are quite similar to others around the country that are in areas where earthquakes will occur.

2/8/18 — The US Department of Housing and Urban Development just announced that states receiving federal funding for recovery following last year's three major hurricanes must take into account projected rises in sea level when building in flood - prone areas.

After the 2011 disaster in Fukushima, Japan, the Chinese government put the brakes on building nuclear power stations in the west of the country, as this is an area prone to earthquakes.

The main problems as I understand it relates to water overdraft and lax land use policy that is allowing land to subside and less flow from the rivers that allows salt to encroach farther inland and building in areas that are prone to storm surge.

The National Flood Insurance Program, designed to protect Americans from catastrophic floods, has failed in almost every way, encouraging people to buy and build in flood - prone areas while increasing the cost and magnitude of disasters.

There are an awful lot of the same affluent people building along coastlines in areas prone to storms and severe erosion and then wanting the government to bail them out.

We need to radically change what we are doing in relation to building in natural disaster prone areas.

Land use decisions should better consider allowing building (or rebuilding) in flood prone areas;

Would that show a decline and indicate why there was so much building in hurricane prone areas?

A: There is a huge upward trend in hurricane damage in the U.S., but all or almost all of this is due to increasing coastal population and building in hurricane - prone areas.

Concur; having worked extensively in New Orleans before Katarina, much of the devastation had to do with buildings and infrastructure built below sea level in a storm prone area.

We keep building more and more in hurricane prone areas.

The other great thing about this home is the building costs are quite low, so it's a great option as low - income housing in flood - prone areas.