Sentences with phrase «events like storms»

Locals are well aware of the possibility of natural events like storms causing trouble in New Orleans, with the results of Hurricane Katrina still visible all around the city.

These are typically events like storms, wind, hail, fire, theft, and vandalism.

From acute, climate - related events like storms and floods to long - term shifts in weather patterns and sea level patterns, the impacts only become clear through an understanding of who is at risk, what the risks are to people rather than just to places and how these risks vary within and across populations.

I think this is misapplied here to events like storms and cyclones — which can not be truly unpredictable.

These include hydrological events such as floods, storm surges, and coastal flooding, plus meteorological events like storms, tropical cyclones, heat / cold waves, drought, and wildfires.

Thanks to human - made climate change, events like storms, heatwaves and floods are on the rise, and there is growing demand for people who understand these phenomena and can advise the rest of us on how to handle them.

It found that about 50 % of bases reported effects from events like storm surge flooding, wildfire, drought and wind.

Lee has returned to his seaside hometown to bury his older brother, and that's just the tip of the traumatic iceberg for this broken man, whose devastating history hangs over the film's events like a storm cloud over Massachusetts water.

Not exact matches

At the center of the study is a new map of the hazards posed by geomagnetic storms of a strength that scientists expect to occur every 100 years — five times more frequently than «500 - year» storms like the Carrington Event.

His now - famous 1949 Los Angeles crusade, where William Randolph Hearst supposedly «discovered» and presented him to the nation like an evangelical debutante, was in fact a meticulously orchestrated event, accompanied by a storm of handbills, billboards and full - page newspaper ads heralding «America's Sensational Young Evangelist» — accompanied of course by a «Dazzling Array of Gospel Talent.»

Rain is an event here, and everyone stops what they're doing to watch a storm roll in like a thick blanket over a twenty mile stretch.

Bringing the industry together like no other event to create unique opportunities and true innovation brain storm sessions to help steer you to the future of your brand.

It's unlikely that we'll see a return to the April event until the league finally hits the perfect storm of a relatively boring big board like 2013 and a mid-May draft day.

This is useful in the event of a disaster or emergency where kids end up in water (like a storm or capsized boat).

«What we're really being hit with is these very extreme weather events, like the hurricane last year,» said Queens City Councilman James Gennaro, who said so - called 20 - year storms now seem to happen «pretty much happen every year.»

The Federal Transit Administration has granted $ 20.8 million to Metro - North Railroad to harden its Hudson Line against future storm surge flood events the likes of Superstorm Sandy.

While he's awaiting final word on Cuomo's attendance, Ortiz was pragmatic when I asked if he agrees with his colleagues that the governor is lagging in the urban agenda department, noting that the administration had been sidetracked by the need to respond to unexpected events — like the back - to - back tropical storms that caused unprecedented flooding upstate and the rejection of the first PEF contract.

Climatic variability like precipitation changes or increase in extreme events such as storms and tropical cyclones is known to significantly modify the Earth's surface.

Although storms like Superstorm Sandy are incredibly rare, sea - level rise has made a Sandy - level inundation event 50 percent more likely than it was in 1950 in areas like the Battery and Sandy Hook, said William Sweet, a NOAA oceanographer.

He also notes the storm tracking would have been far less reliable for an event like Superstorm Sandy without data from this kind of polar satellite.

The authors suggest that developing greater resilience to extreme weather events must be given greater priority if the socioeconomic impact of storms, like those that have ravaged Britain this winter, is to be reduced.

In other years, storms like Katrina and Sandy caused havoc, though climate change's role in those events is hard to pin down.

While the typical way of measuring erosion is to calculate volumetric loss, using data from satellites to obtain measurements of the dune's three - dimensional surface area before and after an event, that data is expensive and therefore often unavailable unless a storm is exceptionally devastating, like Sandy.

«Estuaries like Chesapeake Bay could contribute more to global warming than once thought: Study explores role of methane release during dead zone and storm events.»

Although truly massive power - law events — like the Great Depression or killer storms — are drastically less common than smaller disruptions, they still occur.

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Wildfires, extreme storms and major weather events can seem like a distant threat, but for those whose lives have been directly impacted by these events, the threat hits much closer to home.

First noticed by amateur astronomers, the massive storm works like the much smaller convective events on Earth, where air and water vapor are pushed high into the atmosphere, resulting in the towering, billowing clouds of a thunderstorm.

Climate Adaptation: The State of Practice in U.S. Communities is the first study to examine in depth actions that multiple municipalities are taking to address climate - change fueled events like flooding, heat waves, wildfires and intense storms.

And while some events, like the U.S. winter storms and the record high Antarctic sea ice extent, could be pinned to a particular cause, that cause could not be linked to climate change.

Posted on January 17, 2017 · You're probably familiar with the idea of the so - called «Ike Dike,» a proposed barrier to protect the Texas coast from storm surge in events like 2008's Hurricane Ike.

I'm also seeing patients who are attributing some of their getting sick like how I had that perfect storm of stress events to receiving tetanus vac — vaccination --

OK, after the most nightmare like trip (litterally thought the plane was going to crash due to the insane storm in Zürich where I had my connecting flight), I FINALLY made it to Florence for the Luisa Via Roma event Firenze 4 - ever!!

«Only The Brave» (Oct. 20): This one almost feels too sad to bear, sort of like «The Perfect Storm» was back when that film came out, but we'll trust a cast that includes Josh Brolin, Jeff Bridges and Miles Teller to find a way to inspire us even as the true - life events of Yarnell Hill Fire that claimed the lives of 19 of the Granite Mountain Hotshots firefighting team, including Seal Beach native Kevin Woyjeck, unfold on screen.

Giant storms, planet - wide extinction events, and — of course — alien invaders are all cool with him, but a dude in a cape like Man Of Steel's...

The learner has to apply logical thinking to solve problems, like a pilot learns how to fly and also deal with a mind storming decision that can be harmful if performed in the real word for the first time — but these events in mixed reality will not be as bad.

They'll also have to incorporate specific drama techniques, and focus on a particular event, like the storming of the Bastille.

Like many controversial yet successful policy initiatives, voucher legislation was enacted in Colorado due to a kind of «perfect storm» - a confluence of unlikely events and trends that came together simultaneously.

Then she learned of the horrifying events unfolding in Florida, where a young man with a semi-automatic weapon stormed into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and killed 17 people, many of them students like herself.

Whether a genuine display of anger over the band Paul & Storm's parody song «Write Like the Wind,» which pokes fun at the long wait between books in Martin's Game of Thrones series, or just a fun contribution to the event staged to amuse the crowd, there's an underlying message that demonstrates the way readers are changing.

For those living in areas that experience consistent severe weather events, adding storm - protection upgrades like storm - proof windows or wind - resistant garage doors to your house can decrease your premiums while shielding you from more damage.

Like homeowners insurance, your policy will cover the structure in the event that it is damaged due to storms, fire or malicious acts.

Scientists are saying that with the climate disruption they are seeing we can expect a lot more extreme weather events — droughts, wildfires, extreme heat and strange storm patterns with names like «derecho» are the future.

Pet Ease Extra Strength for Large Dogs provides a unique combination of calming ingredients that helps to ease dogs through stressful events like travel, grooming and storms.

For those 50 years Mars has enjoyed relative harmony after the events of RF: G, however as you may expect things don't remain that way when a massive Terraformer that supplies Mars with it's earth like atmosphere is destroyed turning Mars atmosphere in a deady mix of super storms, tornado's and lighting storms forcing the colonists to flee underground where they construct underground settlements.

Matsuyama: In fact, at every event, I get great praise even from colleagues of the game industry like «I've checked the «Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 ″ you are making, and is so much better than most other titles!».

Apart from new enemies and new terrain events (such as lightning storm instead of waves), the second island feels just like a repetition of the first one.

I was hoping the next episode would inject a little extra pace and it looks like I won't be disappointed as Max and Chloe seem to be entering a storm of events in this mid-season episode.

The Storm Island expansion adds six iconic cars and trucks to the game, including a brand new barn find car, as well as off - road upgrades, 24 new championships including new off - road race modes like Brawl, Rampage, Extreme Cross Country and Gauntlet, additional Bucket List challenges, Xbox Live Achievements, online events, and much more!

You'll also have to deal with world - altering events like Shaper Storms.