Sentences with phrase «event of a blizzard»

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More customers than ever before are shopping online, and they have a tendency to do even more online purchasing during extreme weather events, such as blizzards or flooding, says Sarah Quinlan, senior vice president of market insights for MasterCard International.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo acknowledged that the «possibly historic» blizzard forecast for New York City never materialized, but defended his decision to impose travel restrictions in advance of the event, saying it had positioned the state to get back up and running more quickly Tuesday morning.

If Upstate indulged themselves with a slate of events «memorializing» every flood, blizzard, windstorm, power outage etc. that we endured, nobody would have time left to go to work.

2014 has been a significant year of accomplishments for Mark, including working with the Legislature to pass a balanced budget with a small tax cut, opening the Erie County Health Mall, signing an executive order requiring that all contractors with Erie County comply with equal pay laws for women, restructuring the Department of Social Services while hiring more CPS caseworkers, and managing the emergency response to four major weather - related events: two blizzards, flooding in West Seneca and Winter Storm Knife.

Such analyses, while useful, only paint a broad picture of snowfall's response to global warming, and may miss specific events, like a large blizzard that may occur over a day or two.

When it comes to extreme weather events, last year's Oct. 3 - 5 blizzard that dumped anywhere from 20 to 55 inches of snow on western South Dakota was devastating.

But for this wide - screen event he's chosen an uncompromisingly nasty, brutish story even by his standards: a bloody tale of America reckoning with itself that takes place almost entirely in a large room in post-Civil War Wyoming while a blizzard rages outside.

There is no room for introspection or melancholy, only big gestures or poses in the story's comparatively calmer moments of interpersonal communication and grand social events with blizzards of colorful confetti and streamers, flappers dancing on any elevated platform they can find, and musicians spread about everywhere.

New weather effects like snow, ice, and blizzards, plus new Hill Climb, Descent, and Blizzard event types and five more off - road performance machines — including the 2016 Nissan Titan Warrior Concept and the 1975 Lancia Stratos HF Group 4 — are part of the Blizzard Mountain expansion, as well.

But parenting in a divorced or remarried family is harder it's like climbing that same trail in a blizzard, blinded by emotions and events out of your control.»

Rise of the Tomb Raider takes place one year after the events that transpired in 2013's Tomb Raider reboot, and it begins with series protagonist, Lara Croft, making her way up a mountain in Siberia amidst a dangerous blizzard; an intense sequence that not only sets the tone for the 12 - hour campaign, but also establishes that Lara is willing to do whatever she must to uncover the truth about her father's studies.

Also See: Watch Now: Climate Depot's Morano on Fox News Mocking «Climate Astrology»: «This is now akin to the predictions of Nostradamus or the Mayan calendar» — Morano: «There is no way anyone can falsify the global warming theory now because any weather event that happens «proves» their case... Man - made global warming has ceased to be a science, it is now the level of your daily horoscope» — Gore [in 2006 film] did not warn us of extreme blizzards and record cold winters coming»

Climate Depot's Morano on Fox News Mocking Gore's «Climate Astrology»: «This is now akin to the predictions of Nostradamus or the Mayan calendar» — Morano: «There is no way anyone can falsify the global warming theory now because any weather event that happens «proves» their case... Man - made global warming has ceased to be a science, it is now the level of your daily horoscope» — Gore [in 2006 film] did not warn us of extreme blizzards and record cold winters coming»

As one of the world's leading polar scientists with more than 47 years» experience of visiting and measuring ice at the poles, he provided a lucid and sobering explanation of the impact of global warming on the poles, and the way in which the disappearance of polar ice is itself hastening global warming, and contributing to extreme weather events such as the March blizzards preventing some people attending the conference.

While this city rarely experiences tornadoes, it has a high rate of other natural disasters, including hurricanes, storms, blizzards, heavy rains and other events that have caused extensive damage.

With winter weather approaching, many travelers wonder whether travel insurance will cover them in the event of a major ice storm or blizzard.