Sentences with phrase «from storm waves»

The Smiths chose a bluff overlooking the wide beach of Shaw's Cove, which afforded protection from storm waves and an expansive view.

«Until now, we have believed that reefs serve as a reliable protection from storm waves,» says Bricker.

Not exact matches

One day, when he was in Rio on summer vacation from Harvard, a powerful storm had created waves more than 30 feet tall that broke perilously late, right on the beach.

Of course yes it is that but then beiside God mercy to keep to waters still for you from heavy sea storms and waves... which not all can stand with out mercy...

Like the weary sailor, the refugee from wreck and storm, who escapes half «dead, and then, in terror, shudders with dread at the very mention of the name of the «sea»; who swears he'll never sail again, who raves he'll stay home, even on the calmest days, but then, in time, forgets his fearful ways, and seeks, again, his fortune above the waves; I, too, have barely escaped the storms that revolve around you, my love, traveling far away, vowing to avoid another catastrophe, but I can't; the thought of you breaks my resolve, and so, I return to where, on that fateful day, Inearly drowned in your tempestuous sea.

when roads of light and storm open from darkness in a man or a woman are turned away from in dread, in a wave of weakness, in despair and with relief.

To quote the most pertinent verses, «Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he brought them out from their distress; he made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed.»

First, it is important to remember that from an Old Testament Hebrew perspective, the forces of rebellion and chaos arrayed against God were often identified with the sea, and especially with the storms and waves that often rage across the sea.

Sounds range from ocean waves and rain storms to cats purring and oscillating fans to soft classical music.

«If we get a major storm with 14 - foot waves from the northeast, the lower lake levels wo n`t help that much.

The Category 1 storm will whip up large waves and life - threatening rip currents off Long Island and New Jersey from Tuesday into Wednesday, while pummeling the city with rain and fierce winds, the National Weather Service predicted.

Shock waves from turbulent winds in the spot and other storms help explain how the planet's upper atmosphere stays warm so far from the sun.

The storm surge and waves from Katrina also obliterated the Chandeleur Islands, which had been affected by Hurricane Ivan the previous year.

Global warming played a role in half of 2012's litany of extreme weather events, from heat waves to storm surges

This means that the science of climate change may partially undergo a shift of its own, moving from trying to prove it is a problem (it is now «very likely» that greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have already caused enough warming to trigger stronger droughts, heat waves, more and bigger forest fires and more extreme storms and flooding) to figuring out ways to fix it.

Stefan Enoch at the Fresnel Institute in Marseille, France, and colleagues have shown that metamaterials could guide waves around offshore structures, protecting them from storms or tsunamis.

Building a bulkhead or seawall along one or a few coastal properties may protect homes from damaging storm waves for a few years, but could end up doing more harm than good.

Barnard and his team predicted how SoCal's shores would evolve from 2010 through 2100 by modeling the factors that influence beaches — estimates for sea level rise as well as wave and storm behavior and predicted climate change patterns if the world eventually stabilizes its greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century, then starts reducing them.

They also protect coastlines from large waves and flooding, a major issue in areas that are prone to tropical storms or hurricanes.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's perfect storm was followed on its heels by a second wave of weather that dropped heavy monsoon rains over the Punjab watershed from Aug. 2 to 9, Khan said.

Waves of charged particles from the sun may boost the rate of lightning strikes on Earth, which could give us a way to predict dangerous storms

The principles of metamaterials could be extended to control water waves (protecting oil rigs from sudden storms, for instance) and sound waves (creating perfectly quiet, private spots in the middle of a noisy office).

The Gates - backed plan proposes using a fleet of wave - powered rafts to spread a slick of colder ocean water pumped up from the depths in the path of an onrushing storm.

Studies have shown that reefs shield people, infrastructure, and lagoon ecosystems from wave and storm surges.

In the 3 - D computer simulation below, a rogue wave rises suddenly from turbulent waters during an ocean storm.

To track ocean storms and dangerous waves, the Navy uses radar data from satellites that estimate wind speed and wave height.

Seismologists at UC Berkeley discover that the hum comes from massive, storm - driven waves bumping against the ocean bottom.

«Normal weather drives salt marsh erosion: Waves from moderate storms, rather than violent events such as hurricanes, inflict the most loss on coastal wetlands.»

The findings suggest that the trees shield the coastline (pdf) by reducing the height and energy of ocean waves and offer hard evidence that deforestation could result in increased coastal damage from storms.

Various research groups have published findings on the reproductive repercussions from single storms or heat waves, events that individually are impossible to tie to climate change.

Two scientists here at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) found that a distinctive pattern formed by the wave blocked incoming Pacific storms from coming onshore in the winters of 2013 and 2014, keeping the state unusually dry.

As California reels from record - breaking erosion following punishing waves last winter, the federal government is turning to mud and sand from dredging projects to slow land losses and ease flooding nationwide as seas rise and storms intensify.

It was quite common to have two swells coming from different directions, as there can be more than one storm generating waves.

The researchers in this study, from the University of Manchester and the University of Hull, used a virtual human heart - torso and a 64 - lead electrocardiogram (ECG) vest to study the correlation between the origin of the storm waves and the features of the ECG signals.

Harvey produced fairly large offshore waves but relatively little storm surge — especially further away from the landfall location.

They point to direct effects resulting from rising temperatures and changes in the frequency and strength of storms, floods, droughts, and heat - waves — as well as to less direct impacts, such as changes in crop yields, the burden and distribution of infectious disease, and climate - induced population displacement and violent conflict.

Surprising sight seen by airplane pilots and passengers on «red eye» flight Last night, April 19 - 20, a shock wave in the solar wind hit Earth's magnetic field, sparking a moderately strong G2 - class geomagnetic storm and rare «electric blue» auroras seen from airplanes in flight over Canada.

Physical processes affecting human health include rough seas that threaten both small and large vessels; weather disturbances such as typhoons and hurricanes; rogue waves; and surges from storms and tsunamis.

«Over the past decade, we've partnered with NOAA scientists on projects ranging from ocean acidification, to measuring Arctic waves to collecting storm intensity data from the surface of the hurricane,» said Gary Gysin, President and CEO of Liquid Robotics.

IPCC [26] projects the following trends, if global warming continue to increase, where only trends assigned very high confidence or high confidence are included: (i) increased malnutrition and consequent disorders, including those related to child growth and development, (ii) increased death, disease and injuries from heat waves, floods, storms, fires and droughts, (iii) increased cardio - respiratory morbidity and mortality associated with ground - level ozone.

The reefs also protect low - lying islands from storms and high waves.

During my last trip to Florida, we stayed on the beach a week and I watched the waves go from calm to extremely rough when a storm was out in the ocean.

The plotline involves a supposition that the global warming apocalypse that many scientists have been predicted is finally here, and in an accelerated example of such disastrous events, much of the Earth's northern hemisphere suffers from severe flooding, tidal waves and an ice storm that threatens to wipe out practically all life as we know it in those affected regions.

The host protested and the actress» husband stormed on from the wings, took the hat off O'Brien's head, waved sweetly at his bride and walked off.

In addition to flooding infrastructure due to sea level rise, coastal cities are vulnerable to damage from storm surge, wave action, and / or inundation of their transportation infrastructure such as roadways, ports, bridges, rail, tunnels, shipyards, and navigational aids.

A flood is defined as «surface water, waves, including tidal wave and tsunami, tides, tidal water, overflow of any body of water, or spray from any of these, all whether or not driven by wind, including storm surge».

The South Caicos reef has established our island as a top dive destination, while also acting as a buffer, sheltering our island from rough waves and storms.

The Amphitrite Lighthouse is perhaps the best location to watch these storms from on land and some of the massive waves that crash on the shore can send ocean sprays over the Lighthouse itself.

When the swell gets going, particularly pumped by storms in the Southern Indian Ocean, a clockwork, world - class wave rolls in here that has surfers from around the globe coming to visit.

Diminutive Storm Petrels dance daintily across the wake and then disappear from sight beyond the next wave.