Sentences with phrase «often after flooding»

Not exact matches

Now, as she volunteered with the police officers in the long days after the hurricane and the flooding, she thought of him often.

After past disasters such as hurricanes, fires or floods, children have died in dangerous cribs, often donated to the families with the best intentions.

A «300 - foot gash in the hull» was often mentioned - just like the image we show in our issue from two weeks after the tragedy: Later calculations looked at the rate with which water flooded the ship during the two hours and 40 minutes it stayed afloat after the collision and showed that «the gash» in reality would have resulted in only slight damage to the hull, perhaps amounting a dozen square meters in total.

I would often find NPCs in the middle of the jungle atop mobile homes flooded by water or makeshift treehouses in the middle of rivers who would do nothing but stand or sit there, even after I completed their mindless quest.

That the film becomes far less ambitious in its aims after the flood waters rise is to be expected, given the reduced scope of the world with which to work, but Aronofsky and Handel accommodate this shift by putting the focus squarely on Noah's attempt to determine exactly what his and his family's role as the sole survivors of humanity (save for one unanticipated stowaway, who — forgotten often and disposed of quite easily — serves no purpose but for unnecessary external conflict).

Adjusting to newfound sight after so many years without is a huge transition for almost any person, as the mind often needs to catch up to the flood of new sensations it had done without for years.

Wilbert says it's especially important to help community cats in disasters, because after last year's floods in Louisiana, she saw that they were often forgotten about.

I started out by acknowledging that growth around prospering cities, even in hazardous environments, often feels «impossible but inevitable,» alluding to a line from the geographer Peirce Lewis that I first read in Peter Applebome's fine coverage of the flooding of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

Too often people find out that water damage does not cover flood damage after a disaster has already struck.

After all, how often do you get burgled, flooded or have the place catch fire.

For example, several studies have examined the romantic relationships of couples who survived severe flooding, and although the precise conclusions vary, a few suggest couples often demonstrate increased responsiveness towards each other, and if one partner demonstrates enhanced responsiveness, the other will as well.4 Researchers who followed hurricane survivors in Florida found a similar virtuous circle in effect.5 One study reported that among natural disaster survivors in particular, partners reported more frequent positive exchanges after the stressful event, as compared to survivors of other stressful or violent events.6