Sentences with phrase «in face of the disasters»

What has kept humans alive and productive for so long in the face of disaster... but with an ugly side effect.
By taking preemptive measures to physically reinforce structures, getting the right insurance and storing important documents properly, residents will be prepared and more resilient in the face of a disaster, and the needs of an impacted community will be greatly reduced should one occur.
Isn't it funny how even the staunchest atheist will be driven to their knees in the face of disaster and cry out for God to help them.
But there is also a brooding and silent patience in the face of disaster, when we see no way to turn and nothing we can do.
Today, in face of the disasters toward which devotion to economic growth is leading us, it calls for a profound, a truly radical, repentance.
-LSB-...] politics of school lunch have subsided in the face of disaster, but Houston is about to become the largest free school -LSB-...]
He's flippant in the face of disaster, casual on the brink of ruin.
In the face of a disaster or some other emergency situation, the FAA can and does use its regulatory authority and operational capabilities to sustain the NAS while supporting, often through the DOT - led Emergency Support Function 1 activities, response and recovery efforts undertaken by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial interagency partners, as well as the private sector.
At just $ 190 per year, it can give you the peace of mind you need in the face of disaster.
Whether repairs need to be made or whether the entire building has been destroyed by the loss, loss of use coverage allows you to maintain your existing standard of living in the face of disaster.
On the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, PVM and Discovery Park are collaborating to provide two special lectures about the power of the human - animal bond in the face of disaster and armed conflict.
NUTRO high - protein dog food provides the natural nutrition these dogs need for endurance and health in the face of disaster.
Set aboard a high - tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station's crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster
Crisis is guaranteed and the only chance for survival is to be creative and decisive in the face of disaster Habitat is a space - themed strategy game that places you in high orbit around a ravaged Earth far in the future.
Forced to eat with our fingers from one plate, the meal, interminably slow in coming from the mobile kitchen parked at the corner, proved the downside of glamour, at once demonstrating the necessity of sharing in the face of disaster and the self - serving generosity of carpetbagging.
They know what they have to do to keep their doors open in the face of disasters.
Which is why I think the above clip is a perfectly reasonable stance for our president to have in the face of the disaster.
Whether repairs need to be made or whether the entire building has been destroyed by the loss, loss of use coverage allows you to maintain your existing standard of living in the face of disaster.
When you don't have to worry about where you're going to get large sums of money at a moment's notice, you can start to relax even in the face of a disaster where you live.
In the face of disaster, you will never have to worry about losing your home.

Not exact matches

Though hurricanes and blizzards may be more common in other parts of the country, these regions were faced with natural disasters — and their itinerant dangers — that they'd never experienced before.
(Most of the funding — $ 2 billion — goes to another climate priority, infrastructure for «disaster mitigation and adaptation» in the face of a changing climate.)
In fact, nearly every problem typically faced in the wake of natural disaster will be amplified and accelerated in Puerto Rico thanks to long - existing financial and environmental problems and far fewer rescue and relief workerIn fact, nearly every problem typically faced in the wake of natural disaster will be amplified and accelerated in Puerto Rico thanks to long - existing financial and environmental problems and far fewer rescue and relief workerin the wake of natural disaster will be amplified and accelerated in Puerto Rico thanks to long - existing financial and environmental problems and far fewer rescue and relief workerin Puerto Rico thanks to long - existing financial and environmental problems and far fewer rescue and relief workers.
Since the July 2013 Lac - Megantic fatal train disaster and other recent incidents involving oil by rail, Transport Canada has faced questions about whether it adequately addressed safety oversight concerns surrounding the transportation of dangerous cargo, which were repeatedly raised in internal audits.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg faced criticism for «exploiting disaster» after demonstrating new virtual reality technology in the wake of Hurricane Maria.
Because a lot of its business is insurance and reinsurance, Berkshire Hathaway's stock could take a major hit in the face of increasing natural disasters.
Island countries in the Caribbean are facing catastrophic damage from the one - two punch of Hurricanes Maria and Irma just days apart and Red Cross Societies from around the world are moving disaster workers and supplies into the region to help.
Laguardia, who has responded to natural disasters including Typhoon Haiyan in 2013 and the 2015 Nepal earthquake (pictured below), said: «When I go out and serve I know that I'm the face of God in those communities.
Groups of young friends who go to see some of the more death - focused horror films in vogue of late will routinely take bets on which stock character will face a grisly end soonest, as when viewing the Final Destination series» a film series that is, essentially, the apex of the set - piece disaster horror movie as orchestrated by MacGyver.
Here they face another silent spectacle, a strange intensity of color more frightening, in its way, than the chemical disaster.
Sometimes, followers of Jesus can act in the face of tragedy and disaster to make a real difference for the hurting, the grieving and the oppressed.
Within this frame, these nameless Hebrew poets succeeded in giving supreme expression to the basic rhythms of inner life: bleak despair in the face of accumulated disaster, stubborn hope, gratitude, exultation, rhapsodic celebration of the splendors of creation, contentment in the quiet joys of the good life.
An Anglican bishop who was present at Hillsborough on the day 96 people died has told Premier that we need to be praying for the families of the victims following the announcement that six people will face criminal charges in connection with the disaster.
Also in the face of the ecological disaster created by the modern ideas of total separation of humans from nature and of the unlimited technological exploitation of nature, it is proper for primal vision to demand, not an undifferentiated unity of God, humanity and nature or to go back to the traditional worship of nature - spirits, but to seek a spiritual framework of unity in which differentiation may go along with a relation of responsible participatory interaction between them, enabling the development of human community in accordance with the Divine purpose and with reverence for the community of life on earth and in harmony with nature's cycles to sustain and renew all life continuously.
The intramural dialogue over what Mark Noll has called «the scandal of the evangelical mind» worries that intellectually serious people have passed evangelicals by while we were allured by the sensations of revivalism, seduced by a materialistic market - driven culture, overtaken by the «disaster of fundamentalism» in the face of challenges from modern science and technology, and robbed of our universities through negligence and the inertia of secularized education.
He proposes a more balanced reflection on the significance for life on earth of the forces involved in disasters and on what we can do to protect and support people facing such disasters.
This strength is needed not only in situations of grave poverty or natural disasters (above), but especially in the face of slower, everyday threats: pervasive technology, growing divorce, and especially the loss of having both a mom and dad in the home.
It was a singing assurance of present victory in the spirit, with all future triumphs presaged in immediate experience, and the result was positive jubilance in the face of even extreme disaster.
Collins's final thoughts about what he learned through Katrina are worth remembering: «What informs our present thoughts about how we would face such a disaster again is what we experienced about how God is in the midst of disasters.
The book of Lamentations was written, not simply to memorialize the tragic destruction of Jerusalem, but to interpret the meaning of God's rigorous treatment of his people, to the end that they would learn the lessons of the past and retain their faith in him in the face of overwhelming disaster.
Biblical examples of faith in the face of tragedy include Habakkuk (3:17 - 18), who saw a national disaster coming and could still rejoice in God.
It may trust in the promise for redemption of human history even in the face of the threat of nuclear disaster.
To repudiate Yahweh's lordship and his historical impingement («The people of Israel have forsaken thee»), to delimit it or run in the face of it («Have you killed and also taken possession»), to attempt to compromise with it («How long will you go limping with two different opinions»)-- all of this is not folly but unqualified disaster.
With the ANC government impassive in the face of this humanitarian disaster, the work of caring for Zimbabwean refugees has fallen to the region's churches, which have used whatever piteously small resources they have to see that these people do not literally die on the streets.
Now, I try my hardest to ignore these dessert disasters because let's face it, we live in a processed world and our food supply is nothing short of a complete disaster as it stands.
Stay cool in the face of Thanksgiving Day disaster with no - fail tricks for saving kitchen mishaps.
Now, puberty does cruel things to a child — most of us would be best served by serving in camera - free prison camps between the ages of 10 and 14 — and Lino Facioli (the actor playing Robin) is hardly the only hormonal disaster on the show (see also: Stark, Bran), but at least his wiener teen face serves his dainty, dim - witted character.
With Barca off the pace in the title race with rivals Real Madrid ahead and with games in hand, Enrique is facing the very real prospect of ending up with no major trophy this season which would be a disaster considering how successful he has been since taking the job.
they had at least one ligitamate goal, they are 17 pts ahead of us, they are better, giroud does not belong on the same pitch as kane, he has been a 5 yr joke, we always talk about getting a world class center forward, we never do, gabriel is a disaster in the box, lets face it, we are a 6th place team...
His latest decision to wrench safety from the jaws of disaster came with the selection of January signing Mohamed Elneny to face Tottenham Hotspur in what was arguably the biggest north London derby clash in the history of the fixture, and what would also be the Egyptian's first Premier League start.
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