Sentences with phrase «on high ground»

Pinnacle Nord du Lac, anchored by a 479,000 lifestyle center, is on high ground, relatively safe from a Katrina replay.

This puts you on the high ground.

Good divorce advice is like a shelter on high ground in a tsunami.

If your home is not on high ground, know where high ground is and how to get there quickly.

For others, the air up on the high ground will just get that little bit more rarefied.

I find it ever so enlightening when the people pretending they are on the high ground START their critique of the oppositions contribituon by ad homs.

Those who own land on high ground in the city can't escape the increased property taxes needed to pay for the consequences of actual sea level rise, and the reduction in property values, and the general economic decline.

And now we're going to see a metaphorical shootout, on the high ground of twenty - first - century atmospheric physics, between the likes of Inhofe - Barton - Boehner - Sensenbrenner & Co. and Hansen - Schmidt - Lacis - Chu - Holdren - Karl etc. on the issue of the radiative forcing due to greenhouse gases?

Houston's Menil Collection is housed in buildings situated on high ground on a 30 - acre campus, most of its 17,000 works of art stored in second - floor vaults to protect them from flooding.

Throw enemies off of cliffs; push enemies into water or lava; fling friends across gaps; set your enemies on fire; freeze them; blind them; cripple them; stun them; use hit - and - run tactics with cavalry and bowmen; teleport; grab item drops; stick your ranged units on the high ground to boost their effectiveness; the list goes on and on.

Additionally, his stolen experimental walker gives him the advantage of being on the high ground during the mission.

Steam is not on a high ground here.

Located near Bay Harbor, enjoy breathtaking views on high ground, then follow the path toward the shore and have an unobstructed view of the sun setting over Little Traverse Bay.

This villa is built in a very special location, built on high ground and has a nice sea view.

Because it was built on high ground, archaeologists believe the temple was also used as a lighthouse to guide trade boats coming from Cozumel, Tulum and Xaman - ha (Playa del Carmen).

Mornington Rapidly expanding seaside resort cradled on high ground overlooking Port Phillip Bay and the harbour of Schnapper Point.

These are perched on high ground that lies between the Clamores and Eresma Rivers.

A large cottage around ninety years old (Federation era) situated on high ground within sight of the township of Meningie.

The villages were constructed on high ground near lagoons, creek mouths, lakes, or springs.

Outside Spain, in Palermo, Sicily, the district called Cassaro corresponds to the Punic settlement of Zis, on high ground that was refortified by Arabs and known as al - qaṣr, and was further expanded as the site of the later Norman palace.

The caravan park is set amid a range of flower gardens, palms and native trees, on high ground away from the noise of the highway, and has panoramic views over the surrounding countryside.

The site for the village had been selected not only for the fact that it was on high ground but also because it was close to the tasiste (palmetto thickets) which was the basic construction material.

On the high ground sits the blackened, burnt - out shell of the abandoned Bokor Palace Hotel and Casino (a filming location for many horror flicks).

Perched on high ground overlooking the Pacific, you'll savor transcendent vistas of volcanoes, sunsets, and even whales.

The best flood insurance is to build on high ground.

They learned after several days that their own house was little damaged — Algiers is on high ground — and they devoted themselves to helping less fortunate exiles from their beloved, but now broken, city.

Part of what makes the icy cold water obstacles at mud run events so popular is the exhilarating blood - pumping feeling one gets while hitting the water and the sense of rejuvenation once one is back on high ground.

East Antarctica, situated on high ground that protects it from warming ocean currents, was considered stable.

Octopuses also displayed on high ground, standing with their web spread and their mantle elevated.

But the reality of rows of wind turbines standing on high ground, visible for miles around, has split environmentalists into those who support renewable energy in any form, and those who want to avoid what they see as desecration of the countryside.

«Over the last few years, people have talked about the long - term advantages of owning property on high ground,» Ehrlich said.

Many commuters who were on their way to work, had to seek refuge on high ground.

Ultimately it is about delivering on the high ground pledge that Cameron made at last year's Tory Conference.

«It is vital Labour's leaders now get on the high ground and offer a much bolder, more radical alternative to what is an old right - wing Tory agenda that failed in the recessions of the 1930s and 1980s,» says Peter Hain, who served in both Blair's and Brown's cabinets.

This is all situated in a private building on high ground with a remarkable view of Crescent Butte Mountain from any of the suite's private patios.

That's on high ground, isn't it?»

The Doubters, the Agnostics, are on the high ground..

EUR / USD has been floating in on high ground, looking for a new direction after the big break.

Recently released gender demographic stats from Google (googl) and Facebook (fb) to Twitter (twtr) and LinkedIn demonstrate the consistency of the problem, and I'd like to say that GoDaddy stood on higher ground, and that knowing our customer needs well (as we do) had more effectively balanced our workforce.

People with dry homes on higher ground are taking in those who are vulnerable.

That's right, it's better to put them down so you can pretend to be on higher ground and more enlightened.

Several churches located on higher ground served as temporary shelters or meeting points for evacuees.

In light of the Fukushima disaster, an obvious move might now be to recommend placing the backup generators for nuclear power stations on higher ground to guard against tsunamis or floods.

«Climate change or sea - level rise isn't top of mind for our property search, but we're very aware that our preferred neighborhoods are on higher ground,» Fleuranvil said.

Whether it's climate change or an eye for good real estate returns, historically black communities on higher ground are increasingly in the sights of speculators and investors.

And in the era of climate change, those fleeing sea - level rise will be on the lookout for a place to live on higher ground, which is likely to push people of color and the poor out of neighborhoods that have historically been mostly black or Caribbean.

«Those of us who bought real estate on higher ground, mostly because we could not afford waterfront property, realize that long term our sites will not be overrun by advancing seas,» Ehrlich said.

It just so happens that the neighborhoods they're targeting are on higher ground, Fleuranvil said.

Now, many of those neighborhoods, formerly redlined by lenders and in some places bound in by a literal color wall, have an amenity not yet in the real estate listings: They're on higher ground and are less likely to flood as seas rise.

Other large - scale projects for rehousing the Tōhoku people are in the pipeline, such as one by renowned architect Toyo Ito — designer of the 2002 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in London — that employs a modern take on traditional architecture but built on higher ground.