Sentences with phrase «less than the storm»

At 4.6 ounces, the Tour weighs an ounce less than the Storm but is slightly heavier than the feather - light Curve 8900.

Not exact matches

Rationale: Home Depot and Lowe's saw increased demand last year after Hurricane Irene, a relatively less damaging storm than Hurricane Sandy.

Joseph Lhota, the former chairman of New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)-- he resigned just a few days ago in preparation for a mayoral bid — jumped into action after the storm and got the subways running again within less than three days.

When it comes to preparing for the long term, women face a «perfect storm» financially: They are paid less than men are on average, typically have more gaps in employment, engage in more part - time employment and are often more risk - averse investors.

With Irma's last - minute course change, many insurers breathed a sigh of relief as the storm caused less damage than expected, but the industry as a whole is facing growing anxiety about future tallies.

It's been less than two weeks since Hurricane Irma slammed into the Eastern Caribbean as a Category 4 storm, devastating many of the tiny islands in its path before barreling into Florida.

Less than a month later, the team was evacuated due to Hurricane Maria, which struck the islands on September 20 as a Category 4 storm.

No sin is more or less than any other in the eyes of their minor mountain storm deity.

Yet, less than a century and a half before, an 11 - year - old boy and his partly crippled great - grandfather had maintained a valley bottom outpost, unaided, against Indians, ice storms and wild animal depredations for almost six months until the rest of their family could return from a trip to Louisiana marked by a rash of mishaps.

And shall not memory be able to remind him of that time when he sneaked away by underhanded means, in order to avoid a decision; of that time when he gave the matter another turn, in order to please men; of that time that he deserted his post, in order to let the storm pass over; of that time he knuckled under, in order to secure an easing off of his painful position; of that time he sought refuge and association with others — perhaps, as it is called, in order to work all the more effectively for the Good's victory, that is, in order to make his own position a little less difficult than as though at the midnight hour, somewhat terror - stricken, one stood all alone «with heavily loaded weapons at his dangerous post.»

It has less to do with what you, Mark or I see in the storms back East or some military advantage from weather than it does with who is the center of our focus.

This approach was possibly less labor intensive than grilling the chicken, and I also didn't have to go outside in a dust storm to grill.

The German giants, who had appeared to play within themselves in the first leg, stormed out of the blocks and were 2 - 0 win within less than 10 minutes of the second.

England v Malta headlines this weekend's football fixture list less than a fortnight on from the sh*t storm that saw Sam Allardyce leave his post as Three Lions boss.

But Wenger rode the storm and has signed a new contract, but it would seem that nothing less than a Premier league title will silence the Wenger Out Boys.

When cooking up a storm, it isn't uncommon to end up with a less - than - savory lingering smell, even when your meal turns out to be delicious.

That's thanks largely to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, who was the first to suggest additional disaster aid — remember that FEMA only has about $ 800 million on hand, which is less than even New York's estimated storm bill of $ 1 billion — be offset by other budget cuts.

Trump will embark on his first foreign trip as president Friday less as an anti-Obama figure than as a latter - day Richard M. Nixon or Bill Clinton — a wounded president fleeing political storms at home for an uncertain welcome overseas.

The mayor compared holding the marathon Sunday — less than a week after the storm hit causing widespread damage — to then - Mayor Rudy Giuliani's decision to hold the event after the Sept. 11 attacks.

Thursday's trip was the president's third visit in less than three weeks to survey storm damage and recovery efforts in the United States, following Hurricane Harvey in Texas.

A little less than 700 Bronx residents remain without electricity in the aftermath of last week's storm, but Con Edison promises to have all residents electricity restored by tonight.

Natural disasters like storms or floods cause less people to migrate than rising temperatures, new research suggests

Florida is bracing for the storm's arrival this weekend even as nearby Texas is still reeling from Harvey, a category 4 hurricane that put much of Houston underwater less than two weeks ago.

«We conclude that coastal communities are facing a looming crisis due to climate change related sea - level rise, one that will manifest itself as increased frequency of Sandy - like inundation disasters in the coming decades along the mid-Atlantic and elsewhere, from storms with less intensity and lower storm surge than Sandy,» Sweet said.

The level of expertise needed to build a radio is just a little less than that required to build a nuclear weapon, they argued, so just as a civilization starts tuning up its transmitters, some internal spat causes it to go off the air in a storm of mushroom clouds.

«Approximately 90 percent of outaged customers would have power restored in less than 26 days and 80 percent in less than 22 days, depending substantially on storm surge effects.»

Looking forward, Kemp sees the possibility of storms less powerful than Sandy inflicting serious damage.

A strong auroral display, characteristic of a space storm, followed less than three minutes later.

In contrast, phased - array radar sends out multiple beams simultaneously, eliminating the need to tilt the antennas, decreasing the time between scans of storms to less than a minute.

MINNEAPOLIS — Less than two months after Hurricane Irene barreled up the eastern coastline of the United States, a group of scientists from some of the areas hardest hit presented evidence of the storm's dramatic geological effects on their home states.

Minor winter storms the previous year contributed to less snowfall, drier soil, and recorded temperatures of more than 30 degrees Fahrenheit higher in some states than in summer 2011.

For instance in the first two weeks of December, when all chicks are less than 25 days old and most vulnerable to storm death, the number of storms increased between 1983 and 2010.

Interestingly, the study shows that there is a long - term decline in heavy rainfall events (greater than 25 mm / h) and an associated increase in the number of smaller storms each delivering less rainfall.

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

And while Martian winds can kick up sky - blotting dust storms like those that plagued the Spirit and Opportunity rovers this summer, the atmosphere of Mars is 100 times less dense than that of Earth.

We found that brown dwarfs are similar to the gas giants in the Solar System (in that they have zonal circulation), but that they are more like Neptune and less like Jupiter (their brightness variations are driven by large - scale waves in zones rather than Great Red Spot - like storms as in Jupiter).

But less obvious than what last year's most powerful storms did to natural landscapes is the effect they had on natural soundscapes.

In a Geophysical Research Letter (28, 2353 - 2356, June15, 2001), Lyatsky et al argued that Bz and other known effects account for less than one - third of the seasonal ups - and - downs of geomagnetic storms.

Although the storms are relatively rare — they occur less than once per Titan year, which is 29 and a half Earth years — they occur much more frequently than the scientists expected.

Yoga pro and Extra correspondent Hilaria Baldwin (pronounced «ee - LAH - ria,» according to her Twitter page) has been snapping up a selfie storm since giving birth less than a week ago.

Less ubiquitous, however, were images of the secondary setback suffered by New Orleans homeowners: an onslaught of aggressive mold left behind by the receding waters, an example of which can be seen in this photo taken less than a month after the storm hit, showing the scarred walls of Danielle Boyce Batten's home in Lakeview, where the 17th Street Canal levee was breacLess ubiquitous, however, were images of the secondary setback suffered by New Orleans homeowners: an onslaught of aggressive mold left behind by the receding waters, an example of which can be seen in this photo taken less than a month after the storm hit, showing the scarred walls of Danielle Boyce Batten's home in Lakeview, where the 17th Street Canal levee was breacless than a month after the storm hit, showing the scarred walls of Danielle Boyce Batten's home in Lakeview, where the 17th Street Canal levee was breached.

Essentially, there's a perfect storm of factors making you feel less - than - ideal.

Your winter looks a lot less harsh than ours here in new york - especially today, as I sit here surrounded by a big snow storm!!

She's a Twitter fiend, is great with emails, is starting her own fashion - inspired online magazine and has taken the blogging world by storm in less than a year's time.

Less aggressively sexy than a plunge, the off - the - shoulder dress is taking the red carpet by storm.

We did get caught in a rain storm our first afternoon which made the little white sundress less than desirable.

So what we have in the middle of Back to the Future, this seeming kids» movie full of screeching cars, special effects and lightning storms, is nothing less than an adult reverie.

But of the 13 million or so people affected by the storm, less than half may have received aid so far.

Contrary to the fact the ambitious animation studio is consistently held to a higher standard than the likes of DreamWorks, Blue Sky, Fox and Warner Bros. (to name a few), such an impressive track record has earned it the luxury of being able to crank out the occasional less - ambitious production without fearing a major media storm in which words like «disaster,» «major setback» or «uninspired» could comprise the headlines of the day.

Putting the «mental» in «environmental,» the not - screened - for - critics «Geostorm» is less a scare picture about ignoring climate change than a cautionary flop about trying to do too much in conjuring a perfect storm of genres: end - of - the - world porn, save - the - world triumphalism, space adventure, political thriller, family drama, and workplace romance.