Sentences with phrase «caused by snow»

Not only can cold drafts and unsealed windows be a buyer turn - off during a showing, but they may exacerbate structural damage caused by the snow and cold.

The Ohio Department of Transportation was busy calling in drivers to handle the snow at 5 a.m. this morning, in an effort to get the highways clear, but despite these efforts nearly a dozen cars had gone off the road as a result of the snowy conditions by 9 a.m. Interstate 71 and Interstate 275 were both closed as a result of vehicle crashes caused by the snow.

Flooding can be caused by snow melt, storms, or even backed up sewer systems, so even if you don't live on a flood plain, it might be wise to consider covering your home.

What kind of losses could be caused by snow, ice, or sleet?

Retroactive Ruling Sets Broader Standard of Care for All Injuries Caused by Snow or Ice; Cases Will be Decided Under «Reasonable Person» Standard

In particular, the Court referred to section 42 (5) of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, which states that «except in the case of gross negligence, the City is not liable for a personal injury caused by snow or ice on a sidewalk.»

If you fell in an accident caused by snow or ice, please contact a personal injury lawyer immediately.

You should know whether your fall was caused by snow, ice or spilled liquid, for example.

It was caused by snow (containing iron) blowing onto the ocean surface and hence the algae bloom that lasted three weeks.

This may be caused by snow building up around the shift cable and lever.

So, anyway, we detected absolutely no sign of the vibrations that have afflicted this car since last fall, so I think the Jaguar dealer was right: they must have been caused by the snow tires.

According to Goodman a «likely explanation is that schools and teachers are well prepared to deal with the coordinated disruptions caused by snow days — much more so than they are to handle the less dramatic but more frequent disruptions caused by poor student attendance.»

We are finally getting back to normal after the craziness caused by the snow and ice this week in Atlanta.

The model could, for example, be used to anticipate avalanches, to determine the load on buildings caused by snow or calculate the traction of vehicles on snow - covered surfaces by predicting the behaviour of snow.

Rather confusingly, Hannan seems to want a centralised Big Government edict to enforce the social responsibility he wants to see, writing «if everyone were responsible for his own patch of pavement, the disruption caused by snow would be much diminished.

Not exact matches

In thinking about all the upset caused by this week's blizzard that wasn't, especially all the outrage directed at the weathermen for making everybody freak out about «historic» snow totals that got dumped on New England instead of us, I was reminded of the best movie I saw last year: «Nightcrawler.»

«Understanding how these pollutants interact with the environment, including snow, is crucial if we are to reduce the hundreds of thousands of premature deaths caused by mild air pollution in North America.

The excessive heat increased the rate of water loss by evaporation and caused precipitation to shift from snow to rain, leaving a meager snowpack and parched reservoirs.

The new study by Stefanie Lutz, postdoc at the German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ and at the University of Leeds, shows a 13 per cent reduction of the albedo over the course of one melting season caused by red - pigmented snow algal blooms.

A shorter period covered by snow, more spring rain and faster snow melt can combine to release large amounts of runoff that have the potential to stress urban hydrologic systems and cause flooding in urban areas.»

By factoring out all known causes of the probe's motion (everything from its flight path around Mars to the movement of the crust on which the tracking station on Earth rests), engineers can isolate the perturbations caused by the cycling of Martian snow or smoBy factoring out all known causes of the probe's motion (everything from its flight path around Mars to the movement of the crust on which the tracking station on Earth rests), engineers can isolate the perturbations caused by the cycling of Martian snow or smoby the cycling of Martian snow or smog.

The pink color, sometimes called watermelon snow, is caused by Chlamydomonas nivalis algae and related species.

Ongoing climate change caused by human influences will alter the nature of how rain and snow falls; areas that are prone to dry conditions will receive their precipitation in narrower windows of time.

These observations of spatial variation in relation to the terrain features are likely driven in part by changes in ocean bottom current speeds produced by the hilly terrain; this causes changes in the settling and drifting of marine snow.

Aquarius will be able to measure changes in salinity caused by evaporation, rain and snow, and melting sea ice.

Scientists have generally attributed that darkening to larger, slightly less white snow grains caused by warmer temperatures.

This fieldwork piggybacks on a recent finding by Jessica Lundquist, a UW associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, and her lab that shows that tree cover actually causes snow to melt more quickly on the western slopes of the Pacific Northwest's Cascade Mountains and other warm, Mediterranean - type climates around the world.

«A surprisingly large temperature response is caused by a surprisingly small amount of impurities in snow in polar regions.»

Due to the positive feedback caused by the high albedo of snow and ice, susceptibility to falling into snowball states might be a generic feature of water - rich planets with the capacity to host life.

The strong heating caused by soot on snow and in the atmosphere can change air circulation over the Plateau, leading to a broader impact on climate.»

Protect Our Winters, an environmental advocacy group, accompanied the athletes and presented sobering facts about the economics of the industry: Low snow years have caused the loss of 17,400 jobs and decreased the estimated value to the economy by over $ 1 billion since 2001.

Director: Jonathan Milott, Cary Murnion Cast: Dave Bautista, Brittany Snow Plot: Bushwick in New York is attacked by a mysterious military unit, causing two unlikely partners (Bautista, Snow) to make their way through a war - torn city.

Peeta and Katniss work together to free him from the lies psychologically instilled in him by President Snow, namely the one that cause Peeta to want to kill Katniss.

The mansion has been nicknamed Crimson Peak by the local townsfolk (due to the fact that it rests atop a clay mine that causes the snow to become stained red with clay), a fact Edith becomes aware of after having moved there.

Watch as some climbers return for lack of oxygen (at the summit Everest has only 1/3 of the air at sea level, causing nausea and dizziness) and others die, while at least one sportsman who is expected to die survives by digging out of the snow and forcing himself to walk to base camp.

They are threatened by the ominous President Snow, as Snow realizes that the rebellion of Katniss Everdee could cause a massive uprising.

ROYAL OAK, Michigan — As soon as the roadways are slickened by snow and smartphone apps begin reporting traffic backups caused by crashes, car enthusiasts sing the familiar chorus.

But while the revolution gains strength, Katniss is torn by the number of people dying for the cause she is heading: she is beginning to wonder if the regimentation of District 13 and President Alma Coin are any better than the Capitol and Snow.

Wherever you live, damage caused by the weight of ice, snow, or sleet is covered.

Renters insurance in New York covers damage to personal property caused by the weight of ice, snow, or sleet.

Depending on the policy, covered perils can include: fire or lightning; windstorm or hail; an explosion; riot or civil commotion; damaged caused by aircraft; damage caused by vehicles; smoke; vandalism or malicious mischief; theft; volcanic eruption; falling objects; weight of ice, snow or sleet; accidental overflow of water from within a plumbing, heating air conditioning or automatic fire protection system; sudden and accidental tearing apart, cracking, burning or bulging of a steam system, heating system, air conditioning or automatic fire protection system; freezing of plumbing and other systems; and damages from artificially generated electrical currents.

What's in a typical policy: Flood insurance covers direct physical losses by flood and losses resulting from flood - related erosion caused by heavy or prolonged rain, coastal storm surge, snow melt, blocked storm drainage systems, levee dam failure or other similar causes.

Jon Snow is now recovering well at the clinic, although vets are not sure if he might be able to overcome the trauma caused by this incident.

Alaskan Malamutes are prone to losing pigment on their nose and muzzle — this can be caused by nasal solar dermatitis, vitiligo, or lupus, but most commonly it's a harmless condition called snow nose where the nose only loses pigment in the winter.

Some say the brown nose is called a «snow nose» and it is caused by the cold weather.

The ocean water below us slowly turned an emerald green hue, caused by the minerals in the snow and ice that absorb the other colors of the spectrum.

The game starts by introducing players to the varied but compact landscapes within the Great Plateau, but it's here, as I arrived at the snow - covered peak within this area, that I discovered that the conditions would slowly cause Link to freeze to death.

Scientists agree that a doubling of atmospheric CO2 levels could result in temperature increases of between 1.5 and 4.5 °C, caused by rapid changes such as snow and ice melt, and the behaviour of clouds and water vapour.

black soot has also been found by a recent university of california study to be the direct cause of the albedo warming effect on the otherwise highly reflective and pristine white arctic ice & snow.

This suggested that an ice age could be initiated within a few years by eg a volcanic eruption causing cooling that caused widespread snow cover, causing further cooling by reflecting sunlight etc..