Sentences with phrase «by the flood waters of»

Can one share them with people in the river valleys of middle America, people whose homes, property, personal possessions, and even family members have been destroyed by the flood waters of 1993?

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As of Monday, Anheuser - Busch — maker of popular beers like Budweiser, Bud Light, Shock Top, and Rolling Rock — had sent three truckloads with more than 155,000 cans of drinking water to areas affected by Harvey, which has brought historic flooding that is wreaking havoc on southeast Texas.

The photo, which was posted to Twitter Tuesday, showed 24 - packs of bottled water selling for $ 42.96 and led to accusations the store was price gouging in the wake of extensive flooding and destruction wrought by the storm, CNBC reports.

Water is also a symbol in company folklore; for many years Optiva's manufacturing plant was separated from the rest of the company's operations by a creek that periodically flooded over, making employees» treks back and forth, well, an adventure.

The guard tower at an evacuated Texas State prison unit in Rosharon, Texas, is submerged by water from the flooded Brazos River in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, September 1, 2017.

In most cases that would be standing water most likely caused by a leak or some sort of internal flood.

Seventy thousand people — enough to fill a small city — have been asked to evacuate areas that could be flooded by the nearly 11 billion gallons of water the dam holds back.

I was captivated by the stories of what happened once the flood waters came.

Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

A woman pushes the bicitaxi of her husband loaded with their belongings of his house flooded by the waters caused by the Hurricane Irma in Isabela de Sagua, Cuba, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017.

There isn't enough water in the world to create a flood as described by the bible and if there were it creates all kinds of other problems with the biblical myth.

Furthermore, in the specific context of Matthew 24:36 - 44, Jesus equates those who are «taken» in this future event with the people who were taken away by the waters of the flood (Matthew 24:39).

We now know that nature can not take care of itself, that human beings can degrade it not only locally but globally, that the species God created and saved from the flood are threatened by human expansion into their habitats, destruction of their food supplies, pollution of their air and water, and excessive hunting and fishing.

Those it selects to enter may discover only that they have somehow entered, be it through the back of a coat closet or by way of a flood of water that burst out of a painting on the wall.

It was just by «random chance» that the sun is the perfect distance from the earth so we don't get baked or frozen, that the moon is the right distance and size so the tides don't flood us, that the earth rotates so we are evenly heated, that water - which is absent on other planets and vital to our life - is present here, that there is a balance of living things to keep each other in check.

When one looks at the various Christian beliefs that were once firmly believed — Adam and Eve, Noah's flood, people living to be 700 or 900 years old, the Red Sea splitting, water turning into wine, a talking snake, a man living in a whale's belly, people rising from the dead, Jesus driving demons out of people and into pigs — but which are now acknowledged by most thinking people to be mere mythology, it is pretty hard to give a lot of credibility to what's left.

Babylonia was rich in its alluvial soil, the age - long deposit of the Euphrates and the Tigris, those two great rivers that year after year unceasingly carried their load of silt to a resting - place, first in the Persian Gulf, then in the swamps that were slowly forming, and at length in the plain which gradually emerged from the waters, though at inundation each year it once again was claimed by the floods that had made it.

The planet's bodies of fresh water were not overtaken by the salt water oceans in a global flood 4,000 years ago.

Peter ends his letter by talking about the second «flood» that will come upon the earth, but this time it will not be a flood of water, but a flood of fire (2 Peter 3:10, 12).

2Pe 3:5 For when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by water, 2Pe 3:6 through which the world at that time was destroyed, being flooded with water.

Most Young Earth Creationists (Creationists who believe the earth is less than 10,000 years old) believe that the Grand Canyon was formed by the waters of the flood as recorded in Genesis 6 - 8.

The Church has always taught the importance of water in the Old Covenant — at Creation, at the flood, at the crossing of the Red Sea — and has also always seen a symbolising of baptism in the water that poured from Christ's side on Calvary: «O God whose son, baptised by John in the waters of the Jordan, was anointed with the Holy Spirit, and, as he hung upon the Cross, gave forth water from his side along with blood...» 8

Which water, Peter also note s is a symbol of baptism by which only 8 were saved during the flood of Noah.

«For when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by water, through which the world at that time was destroyed, being flooded with water.

At Halle on his way to Eisleben, he was held up by floods which he personified in a letter to Katie of 25 January as a «huge she - Anabaptist» which «met us with waves of water and great floating pieces of ice; she threatened to baptise us again and has covered the countryside.»

«I think just pray for [our] safety - the bottom of our hill is a favourite place for flooding so we could get cut off again this time by water rather than by snow,» he said.

Not to mention running in weather that doesn't leave me looking like I've been doused by a flood of water.

Most recently, we partnered with Feed the Children to provide nearly 3 million bottles of water to those affected in the Flint, MI water crisis and more than 1.2 million bottles of water to communities impacted by the catastrophic floods in Louisiana.

It diminishes soil productivity, reduces food production, deprives the land of its vegetative cover, and negatively impacts areas not directly affected by its symptoms, by causing floods, soil salinization, deterioration of water quality, and silting of rivers, streams and reservoirs109.

While awaiting a decision by the commission, Cuomo said he's focused on the response to flooding and the long - term impact of rising water levels.

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente said residents need to be aware of the health hazards posed by possible raw sewage in the water flooding many basements after touring flood damaged areas of Whitesboro.

Rochester, NY — With the possibility of heavy rain and flooding as Tropical Storm Lee bears down on the Northeast, NYSEG encourages customers in flood - prone areas — and even customers who experience persistent basement flooding — to consider how their electricity and natural gas services could be affected by high water.

Susan has 7 grants in the works; - Looping water on cherry hill & south putt - sewer 6 - crasgswood & Canaan rd to help the people affected by flooding -4 grants for solar backup for town hall, community center, highway garage, & back up for sewer 6 Susan has the pavilion being built @ feild of dreams plus getting sewer there & concession with bathrooms Finally the town & village will be doing a joint master plan.

The Rensselaer County Village of Hoosick Falls is looking toward the future after being dogged by more than a year of negative headlines surrounding a water contamination crisis and most recent devastating flooding.

Water Update • The Suffolk County Department of Health Services (SCDHS) has received reports of fuel spills and potential sewage releases in areas that continue to be affected by standing floodwater, including Lindenhurst, Mastic and several other low - lying areas of the County that have been flooded by Hurricane Sandy.

«As water levels remain at an historic high throughout this region, it is vital that we continue to provide relief and resources to residents and business owners who have been impacted by this unprecedented flooding,» Cuomo said in a Memorial Day announcement that included a tour of the area.

A Two - and - a-half-year-old baby girl has reportedly been swept away by flood waters as heavy rain engulfed parts of the Greater Accra region Thursday morning.

• The State Emergency Operations Center has received reports that several farms were impacted by the flood waters causing a large number of dead livestock and potential hazardous waste material due to those deaths.

He observed the floods were caused by the obstruction of water by a man made dam constructed by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, and not by the activities of illegal miners as earlier claimed.

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has launched an appeal for water receptacles to help provide potable water to residents of Anlo Beach who were hit by floods from River Pra.

Also in a paper presented by Nurudeen Bello on «Effects of Climate Change in Nigeria,» he stated that the adverse effect of climate change such as temperature rise, erratic ranfall, sandstorm, desertification, low agriculture yields, drying of water body lake Chad basin, gully erosion and constant flooding were daily realities in Nigeria.

Picente has asked the Oneida County Board of Legislators to commit $ 500,000 to address the public works projects within the municipalities that were severely impacted by the storm water runoff or flooding from their waterways or bodies of water.

The Westchester County Department of Health on Wednesday urged people with private wells that were flooded to either boil their water before consumption or to use bottled water as a precautionary measure since sewage and other harmful contaminants can be washed into private wells by storm waters.

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The accelerated state funding will leverage $ 10 billion in direct capital investment to create thousands of direct jobs by rebuilding roads and bridges; parks, dams and flood control projects; upgrading water systems and educational facilities; and investing in energy efficient improvements to commercial and residential buildings.

A view of some of the damage caused by flood waters at a home along Hall Street on Sunday, July 2, 2017, in Hoosick Falls, N.Y. Rising waters came flowing in from behind the garage carrying debris into the driveway and yard.

That money will go toward updates to the field itself, including a natural grass outfield with regraded turf on the pitchers» mound, to prevent flooding and fix hazardous holes that often caused players to trip, according to plans presented by the NYC Parks Department.The plan also includes new bleachers on both sides of the field, a new dugout, picnic and gaming tables, a box for equipment storage, a new water fountain and wooden fencing around the inner field.

«The IP2 containment liner, in particular, has been subjected to a variety of unusual degradation events over more than four decades, including buckling in 1968, deformations caused by a jet of steam and hot water in 1973, and corrosion due to a flooding event in 1980,» state officials wrote in a petition for the hearing.

The Federal Government, Friday, explained that the flooding on portions of the Lagos - Ibadan Expressway was caused by structures built on water channels by some companies along...

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.