Sentences with phrase «of catastrophe struck»

Not exact matches

But what is most striking about this image is again its similarity to Miller's A Canticle for Leibowitz, where a religious order like the Benedictines is what keeps at least a fragmentary knowledge of science alive after a nuclear catastrophe.

Walt's Foreign Policy article is flawed because it ignores this corrective aspect of American history, just as it downplays American generosity: whenever a catastrophe strikes the world — an earthquake, tsunami, famine, epidemic, or emerging genocide — America is the first to be called upon.

One so thoroughly wiped out by a comet strike around 12,000 years ago that nearly all evidence of its existence vanished, leaving only the faintest of traces, including, Hancock thinks, a cryptic warning that such a celestial catastrophe could happen to us.

Today's culprits are the same gases, although their increased presence is not the result of the meteor strikes or volcanoes that caused earlier catastrophes.

These giant space rocks would cause a global catastrophe if one were to strike the Earth (watch a Japanese simulation of the effects of a huge 100 - km - wide impactor).

In a book called Active Faults of the World that he is currently writing for Cambridge University Press, he estimated several months ago that «the poor state of construction in both [Haiti and the Dominican Republic], but especially Haiti, indicates that when the next large earthquakes strikes either [Port - au - Prince or Santo Domingo], it will be a catastrophe, in part because of the lack of a social - services network.»

When catastrophe strikes, Leopold is forced into a final act of courage.

Catastrophe struck when she was involved in a near fatal bus accident, shattering much of her leg, pelvis and even her collarbone.

And, when these catastrophes disproportionately strike communities of color, how should these communities respond?

I isolated my characters long before global catastrophe struck, so that once it did, their struggles would be less about how the logistics of life have changed and more about the interior toll of such a shift.

While you're enjoying the view of the Gateway Arch, remember that you aren't going to want to give up that scenery once catastrophe strikes.

But even living in this beautiful city doesn't protect you from the risk of not having renters insurance when catastrophe strikes.

Without a plan, catastrophes often strike in this area of estate planning.

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That way when catastrophe strikes in one area of your life you are not doomed.

Blaise Tobia situated at the back left displayed large prints for his «Catastrophes» series consisting of everyday mundane objects blown up to a spectacular striking scale.

This has been exacerbated by recent statements, particularly by our Prince of Wales, that warming is in fact much more serious and that catastrophe will strike us within about eight years.

The natural catastrophes of the past years include Katrina that struck where the coastal areas had been altered.

Of course geological history suggests that neither run away warming nor catastrophic cooling (within the time scales of years to several decades) are anything other than highly improbable (without some catastrophe such as a major asteroid strike), but it is the job of military planners to have some contingency for all eventualitieOf course geological history suggests that neither run away warming nor catastrophic cooling (within the time scales of years to several decades) are anything other than highly improbable (without some catastrophe such as a major asteroid strike), but it is the job of military planners to have some contingency for all eventualitieof years to several decades) are anything other than highly improbable (without some catastrophe such as a major asteroid strike), but it is the job of military planners to have some contingency for all eventualitieof military planners to have some contingency for all eventualities.

Three years ago the world was reminded of the dangers nuclear energy poses when catastrophe struck Japan at the Fukushima power plant.

The Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 tops the list (according to estimates by the catastrophe - insurance provider ICAT), as it would cause $ 180 billion in damage if it were to strike today.

FRED SINGER: The most of a temperature rise we could get would be on the order of half a degree, which doesn't strike me as a catastrophe.

Reading accounts of this phenomenon, it is striking that being shown images of nuclear and / or environmental catastrophe is apparently a fairly common theme when interacting with ETs.

That's why an article on «The World's Ongoing Ecological Disasters» — some of which make the BP spill pale in comparison — offered an especially striking reminder that there are ecosystems and people suffering outside the eye of the nightly news.A Five - Decade Oil Spill in Nigeria In his piece this week for Foreign Policy, author Joshua E. Keating highlights five global environmental catastrophes that appear to be even harder to solve that the BP spill.

Without a plan, catastrophes often strike in this area of estate planning.

While you're enjoying the view of the Gateway Arch, remember that you aren't going to want to give up that scenery once catastrophe strikes.

Massachusetts is lucky in that it has fewer catastrophes than most of the other states in the nation, and almost no tornado strikes.

But even living in this beautiful city doesn't protect you from the risk of not having renters insurance when catastrophe strikes.

If your home is struck by a catastrophe, such as a fire, tornado, hail storm, burglary or other disaster, your homeowners insurance provides a portion of the funds you need to repair and rebuild.

When the unexpected catastrophe strikes, whether that's a fire, severe weather, falling objects, or a break - in, your landlord is only responsible for fixing the structure of the building you live in.

A shocking 892 catastrophes struck the Peach State — 23 of which were tornadoes — causing $ 9,040,000 in property damage.

Then, just 10 days before the April 30 expiration of the credit, catastrophe struck the Gulf Coast, and real estate practitioners there headed into the summer with an out - of - control oil spill and lots of unknowns about their region's future.

You never know when a catastrophe could strike, and having all of your data in one location is a risk you don't want to take.

Of course, what we learned in 2008 was that when the next catastrophe strikes, there will be as yet unforeseen consequences.