Sentences with phrase «freak storm»

In a world in which radical environmentalists seem prepared to blame every temperature fluctuation or freak storm on manmade global warming, the move to hold men criminally liable for an earthquake is perhaps not that hard to imagine.

Then we discovered that it was not about that at all, but rather a series of freak storms that wipe out half the world, and then we got really excited.

Do you have any idea how many billions of dollars are spent every year on accidental life insurance, freak storm insurance, and even alien abduction insurance??

And in the United States, Hurricane Sandy's impact on lower Manhattan and the New Jersey shore has raised interest in the work of scientists who identify freak storms as an early warning of climate change.

In Tom DiCillo's Johnny Suede he played Freak Storm, a parodic rocker with a shock - white quiff singing songs about his daddy dying in the electric chair.

We also get freak storms like Katrina and Sandy that cause a lot of damage from the degree of flooding that accompanies some severe storms.

That does sound like a true freak storm.

This was one of the communities flooded when a freak storm unleashed a deluge of rain on parts of northern England in which more than four inches of rain fell in 24 hours.

The only trouble was, that weekend a freak storm blew in with 70 - mile - per - hour winds.

As I write, our nation is grieving the horrific deaths of 10 children in a freak storm in Oklahoma.

Let's add to the mix that whatever you do actually buy will «not feel good» for the toddler, any socks you buy will be quickly be lost in a freak storm on Mt. Everest, and shopping with the actual kids is the stuff of nightmares.

Freak storms and torrential downpours on Friday and Saturday saw large parts of southern and central England and Wales flooded this weekend, several weeks after similar scenes in the north of the country.

Continue reading «A freak storm strikes the Fabian Society library, scattering gobbledegook in its wake - it's David Miliband's Wonknado»»

«Chuka Umunna, «the unions» representative in Parliament», hits choppy waters Main A freak storm strikes the Fabian Society library, scattering gobbledegook in its wake - it's David Miliband's Wonknado»

Then in mid-January, a cloudburst from a freak storm caused the Brisbane River to overflow its banks.

The group had apparently broken out into a fight during a freak storm and appeared to kill one of their own.

The new adventure epic Everest dramatises a real - life event from May 1996, when the mountain was packed with climbers just as a freak storm rolled in.

When Jack is lost at sea in a freak storm, Nim asks Alex for help, forcing Alex to brave the very things her fictional alter ego deals with on a daily basis.

Hopefully we won't be hit by another freak storm this weekend, but really it seems like the power dies if someone so much as coughs too loudly.

In 1841, 14 - year - old Manjiro, allegedly the first Japanese to set foot in America, deals with the prejudice and promise of a new world after a freak storm overturns his fishing boat and he's rescued by an American whaling ship.

The sell orders piled up over the following weekend as the London Stock Exchange didn't open because of a freak storm.

Was it a result of a freak storm that blew a rock through your window and let the rain in?

For example, a seaside café may need business interruption insurance if a freak storm forces closure for several weeks.

During a freak storm on a summer day in our Central Oregon area, we were away from home when we realized she was still in the backyard.

Hopefully we won't be hit by another freak storm this weekend, but really it seems like the power dies if someone so much as coughs too loudly.

While climbing a freak storm hits and that sends everything spiraling out of control to which we're sent back two weeks time.

It is not unusual to hear someone complaining about a hot day or a freak storm and remark, «It's global warming.»

This makes it difficult to tag any freak storm to climate change, but it does mean that over time, we'll see more and more.

Deciduous trees do protect themselves by dropping their leaves, but since this process is dominated by photoperiod and climatic conditions, there's no way they can just jettison all their leaves immediately in response to a freak storm.

For example, a seaside café may need business interruption insurance if a freak storm forces closure for several weeks.

Was it a result of a freak storm that blew a rock through your window and let the rain in?

The last thing you want to do is worry about replacing your contents after a freak storm or theft.

Hopefully we won't be hit by another freak storm this weekend, but really it seems like the power dies if someone so much as coughs too loudly.

A freak storm hit the Denver area yesterday and hit one of our own in particular, @Jon Holdman.