Sentences with phrase «collapse the roof of»

When the right snow storm passes through, the snow can keep falling to the point that it can collapse the roof of a house.

Disasters arrive in many forms: a fire from a toaster in the company kitchen; a thief who takes advantage of your Omaha advertising agency being closed on weekends; a blanket of January snow collapsing the roof of your barn.

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The fire apparently started in one of the cinema halls — the roof collapsed in two theaters.The mall was converted from a candy factory around five years ago.

The powerful storm ripped roofs off houses, collapsed buildings and flooded hundreds of miles of coastline after cutting a trail of destruction across the Caribbean.

The powerful storm ripped roofs off houses, collapsed buildings and flooded hundreds of thousands of coastline after cutting a trail of destruction across the Caribbean.

A corner of the roof had collapsed, the windows blown in.

Outside the village of Darbonne, Haiti, near the earthquake's epicenter, their small concrete - block tin - roof home, without running water or electricity, had collapsed.

Maili Tamang clapped and sang along as the remnants of her husband's Kathmandu church gathered for a noon prayer one week after a massive earthquake collapsed the «roof of the world.»

Such is the story of the Glenfiddich Snow Phoenix, which came into being after a snow - filled winter caused some warehouse roofs to collapse and exposed spirit - filled casks to low temperatures.

The current offices have major structural defects, significant parts of the roof are collapsing, significant leakages in most offices, damp and mouldy walls, electrical defects have been discovered and pointed out by the Fire Service for urgent attention (please see «CO7A» attached), the building lacks disability access, is decrepit and outdated, requiring extensive work and expense to make it habitable and reflective of the office of the Electoral Commission.

By George Capsis Gail Brewer, our Manhattan Borough President, answered The Times editorial endorsing the selling of Pier 40 air rights for $ 100 million to save Pier 40 from collapsing into the Hudson by encasing some, if not all, of the pier's corroding 3600 steel piles, replacing crumbling concrete slabs that form the roof, and

More than 5,000 people have been assisting in the recovery effort, the majority of them digging out and hauling away the snow, which is started to cause roofs to collapse.

The CEO of VSP Graphic Group learned through social media that the roof had collapsed at his West Seneca facility.

However, renovations were halted nearly immediately after a large section of the roof collapsed during interior demolition.

«While we were there, we were watching debris from the roof, giant parasols that we have for shade, pieces of equipment, a fairly long pergola that we use for our garden exhibits collapse, that collapsed on most of our employee cars.»

Around 30,000 years ago, the roof of the cave collapsed and sealed the archaeological layers until the 21st century.

The material, they believe, was recycled as older volcanic rocks forming the roofs of magma chambers collapsed and remelted during eruptions, only to be reejected in the next volcanic outburst.

The prehistoric community, which by that time had already been using the caves for the burial of the dead for perhaps 1,000 years, began to insert carved stone supports under the cave roof in a vain attempt to control the collapse.

The project was behind schedule because of political complications — visa restrictions for scientists, for example, and sanctions against Iran, a partner — and a freak snowstorm that collapsed the main building's roof in 2013.

Conventional air - pressurized stadiums such as the Metrodome, whose inflatable roof collapsed under the weight of snow in December, are rare in the U.S. — and may be accidents waiting to happen

The University of Northern Iowa (U.N.I.) in Cedar Falls replaced its air - pressurized system in 1994 after its roof collapsed numerous times during snowstorms.

Unfortunately, it also has an active seismic zone beneath the PF - 4 building, producing persistent worries among the staff and members of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, a congressionally - chartered oversight group, that if it experienced a rare, large earthquake, the roof could collapse and toss chunks of plutonium so closely together a chain reaction would ensue, spewing radioactive, cancer - causing plutonium particles throughout nearby residential communities.

Suddenly orphaned and swept away to the desolate hinterlands of rural England, she moves into the most haunted manor you've ever seen in the movies, a rotting mansion that lets the snow and rain and bitter cold in through the collapsed spire of the roof and literally bleeds red through the floorboards and down the walls.

This abandoned hotel has plenty of outdoor space with foliage to hide in, as well as rooms, collapsed ceilings, roof space, corridors and alleyways.

But when you're on the roof of a building that's collapsing, it's better to know somebody who flies a helicopter.

Bennet Copes With Death, Roof Woes Just two weeks into the school year, Bennet Middle School staff and students found themselves mourning the brutal death of a recent graduate, and shifting students and classes after another section of ceiling collapsed.

When the roof over East High School's gymnasium collapsed here last fall, renovating and repairing the crumbling building moved from a short list of priorities to among the Ohio school system's most critical needs.

The Year at Bennet Draws to a Close It has been a year at Bennet Middle School of roof leaks, collapsing ceilings, and new leadership, but also one of student metamorphosis, with new - self discipline, sweeter dispositions, and a commitment to learning blossoming.

It was a year at Bennet Middle School of roof leaks, collapsing ceilings, and new leadership, but also one of student metamorphosis, with new - self discipline, sweeter dispositions, and a blossoming commitment to learning.

When Michael Merrick, a teacher at Cardinal Newman, shared pictures of his flood - devastated school, it was a sharp reminder of the day my own classroom was destroyed by a roof collapse.

Good structure means a strong occupant compartment or safety cage, crumple zones to absorb the force of a serious crash, side structure that can manage the force of a striking vehicle or struck object and a strong roof that won't collapse in a rollover.

However, the heaviness of its top - spec P100D trim caused it to fail the roof collapse test IIHS does, thus disqualifying it from contention as a TSP + - rated vehicle.

This motorized «z-fold» roof collapses into the Mazda's chassis with the release of a locking lever and the touch of a button in just a hair under 12 seconds.

The photo of this caved in Beamer was taken by an F10post forum member - MarkE90M3 - and it clearly shows a significant amount of damage on the car on both its right side and, more severely, the roof - or what's left of it - that seems to have collapsed under some pretty heavy weight.

The right side of the van was gone, the glass blew out of it, the dashboard collapsed, and the roof buckled but I was able to unbuckle my seatbelt and walk away from the crash uninjured.

The 700 immigrants from those three ships were the first to pass through Ellis Island and into AmericaBut this turned out to be only the first Ellis Island station, because on June 15, 1897 a fire broke out in one of the towers in the main building, and the roof collapsed.

My attempt to restore this weekly feature on my blog was thwarted a few months into the year by a series of challenging, distressing, exhilarating, and generally overwhelming events — from editing a new speculative fiction anthology to the death of my mother - in - law, from a six - week home renovation to a partial roof collapse at my place of employment that caused 100 - hour work weeks, from caring for a sick bunny (he's better now, thankfully) to building a new website for one of the small - press publishers I work with.

In that scenario, there's a risk of damage to your property from the collapse of the roof or ceiling.

Just after firefighters arrived, the roof of the 12 unit building collapsed.

A blue hole is formed when part of the roof of a cave collapses and a passage from the sea floor to the cave is formed.

Created thousands of years ago when the roof of an underground cave collapsed, it is a perfect circle in the ocean that measures 1,000 feet across and is some 400 feet deep.

Back in geological time, the pool itself was a stretch of underground river cave, but it lost its cover when the roof collapsed.

Your pilot points out Undara volcano and you follow the tell - tale green pockets of rainforest marking roof collapse along the line of lava tubes.

As the glaciers melted and the water level rose, the roof of the cave collapsed, in a process known as karst erosion.

As sea levels rose during the last Ice Age, the cave flooded and its roof collapsed into this sinkhole resulting in a marine wonder known for its sparkling blue waters, wealth of coral formations, sharks and fish, and deep caves filled with stalactites.

A cenote is formed when the soft limestone collapse due to erosion and the roof of a cavern falls in.

The roof of one of these caverns collapsed during a shift in the earth's crust, leaving behind Belize's most visually stunning spectacle and its most renowned dive site.

Not knowing if that jump is a little too far, or if the roof was going to collapse is a fun experience when hordes of zombies are then thrown into the mix.

In another sequence, the roof of a petrol station collapses on an unlucky player.

«Everything At Once» aims to collapse half a century of artistic endeavour under one roof, while telescoping its original aims into an unknowable future.