Sentences with phrase «rather than storm»

You should also contact your local police department to file a police report if damage to your fence was done by someone, rather than a storm or force of nature.

Not exact matches

FPL maintains the upgrades were only meant to help restore power faster after a storm rather than prevent power outages.

Those who believe that miracles are refuted by modern science may view them symbolically rather than literally, saying, for example, that the stilling of the storm (Mark 4:35 - 41) shows that God is with the believer in the storms of life.

, rather than accuse the person of questioning God, or rather than get angry and storm off in a huff, or rather than tell them to just go read the Bible, the best way to respond is to say these magic words:

We need something that truly inspires and get people moving and thinking in the right direction, storming the gates of hell rather than hunkering down and waiting for the rapture to arrive.

Perhaps one of the reasons crowds stood before Jesus in awe at the authority of His words was that when He spoke, He calmed storms rather than provoked them.

The storm continued last week when a former employee of the Oakland A's said she had once heard Schott in an owners» conference call say, «I'd rather have a trained monkey working for me than a nigger.»

Rather than pushing, if you can talk to your child and find out the parts that are hard or scary for your child, then you can brain storm how to break down the challenge to smaller steps, or clear up a misperception of the consequences of that step, and in so doing, turn what was frightening into an opportunity for mastery and success.

The latest attempt at reaching a storm - water agreement failed after the school district opted this week to proceed with the September plan, rather than to consider a proposed agreement with the Park District that was crafted with the assistance of mediators.

The Park District has cited concern over safety as its reason for wanting underground storm - water retention, rather than having a string of detention basins.

They would rather try to weather the storm alone than risk escalating the problem.

So it is our responsibility to stop harmful behavior, keep everyone safe, and share our calm rather than adding to the storm.

He easily absorbed the information and surprisingly, started putting it into practice right away by telling me about how he was feeling rather than just getting mad and storming off.

Jen doesn't send parents on a guilt trip, but instead tries to calm the storming seas rather than add to the frustration.

If that happens, she might prefer to wrap herself in the Union Jack and storm off, whatever the consequences, rather than play it safe.

Both campaigns have essentially been suspended as the candidates focus on helping their storm - ravaged constituents rather than on the election.

Rather than focus on the «hubbub» surrounding NFL protests, President Trump should use his social media platform to ask for help and volunteer aid for storm ravaged parts of the United States, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday told reporters.

«This discrepancy between 1D - and 3D - based calculations of the 1989 storm demonstrates the importance of realistic data, rather than relying on previous 1D models, to determine the impact that a geomagnetic storm has on power grids,» Lucas said.

Critics note that although there has been an increase in the number of storms since 1995, the effects of Atlantic currents, rather than climate change, could be responsible.

But scientists agree that climate change will up the ante considerably by bringing more extreme weather gyrations — searing drought one year, followed by torrential storms that can wash away cracked soil and destroy crops rather than quench their thirst.

This means that, counterintuitively, the most energetic solar storms are likely to provide a net cooling and shrinking effect on the upper atmosphere, rather than heating and expanding it as had been previously understood.

A new study confirms that thunderstorms are linked to outbreaks of asthma, and researchers suggest that the storms» airflow patterns are to blame rather than other contenders such as thunder, electrical activity, or rain.

What Girard has found is that «it's almost better to sit down and talk face to face with certain people,» to discuss broad topics like sea - level rise or the threat of storms like Superstorm Sandy at the local level, project by project rather than systematically.

«Normal weather drives salt marsh erosion: Waves from moderate storms, rather than violent events such as hurricanes, inflict the most loss on coastal wetlands.»

A high - pressure blocking event, which may have been climate change - related, steered the storm toward the East Coast rather than out to sea.

And how important is it to try to improve hydrological functioning by using low - impact development solutions rather than traditional storm - water solutions.

«These low - impact options use decentralized storm - water management methods aimed at keeping water on site rather than the traditional concrete structure that takes water away as quickly as possible,» Ando said.

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).

In the case of Superstorm Sandy in 2012, the storm's particular path — a beeline toward New Jersey, rather than out to sea — was abnormal.

Global salt marsh erosion is largely driven by regular weather patterns, rather than the occasional violent storm.

In addressing the question of the effects of greenhouse gases on Atlantic tropical storms, it might clarify (and even partially defuse) the controversy to lump internal variability together with other forced responses (particularly aerosols), rather than to focus on internal variability vs the total forced response.

After the snow storm earlier this week, which ended up only totaling about 7 inches rather than the two feet predicted (thank goodness!)

Rather than look at the epicenter of 2017's storm, this cold open pulls back to see how the current political landscape is affecting the next generation of voters.

She blows into the theater, drenched by the storm (seemingly a victim rather than a ruler of nature) just as Thomas is packing up from a long, fruitless day of auditions.

The leader of the new pack, Jackson Storm (voiced by Armie Hammer), trains on a digital simulator rather than a dirt track, and has mastered the calculus of tire pressure and weight distribution.

Toyota's C - HR crossover took this year's Geneva Motor Show by storm with its controversial design fit to wear the Lexus badge rather than the Toyota logo.

Give me the storm and tempest of thought and action, rather than the dead calm of ignorance and faith!

Rather than hiking a trail towards success, I'm navigating a storm - tossed sea, hurled about by towering tidal waves.

And, come to think of it, doesn't your whole argument about the rudeness of asking people to pay X rather than X — 5 + a donation revolve around a hypothetical reader who is vexed by having to wait six months until the price of Book V of Blood Wrath Of The Dragon King's Vampire Storm Zombies drops down to what they are comfortable with?

So rather than get too bogged down fitting individual pegs into economic sized holes, I think the key insight is that one should cover each economic condition with one or more assets that not only weather the storm but also thrive in that situation.

Several staff members remained at the resort to take care of guests and ensure their safety rather than attend to their own homes — many of which were severely damaged during the storm.

Those who had their hopes pegged on this particular entry being a continuation of the story in Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 will be disappointed that this is an «in - between» game in the vein of Generations, telling side tales rather than advancing major plot points.

Will now takes a softer tone, awaiting the storm to blow over, and for Nintendo to start listening to consumers, rather than throwing them off of a cliff after...

Fixed an issue on Kelp Dome causing Ink Storms to disappear rather than explode when hitting the underside of certain grates.

(As mentioned in the paper, when downscaling the GFDL CM2.1 model, rather than the ensemble mean, the number of hurricanes stays roughly unchanged by the end of the 21st century, and we see a substantial increase in the strongest model storms, those that exceed the surface pressure criterion for category 3.

Likewise, they prefer to debate urban heat island effects rather than to discuss the rising temperature trends, other clear signs of rising temperatures, the positive feedbacks which are beginning to kick in so that climate change will take on a life of its own independently of what we do in the future if changes are not made now (# 111, «Storm World» post, comment # 141) and what such climate change will imply for humanity as a whole (Curve manipulation, comment # 74, A Saturated Gassy Argument, comment # 116).

The point is that All things being equal, if a storm took the same track of Gustav (or Katrina) occurred in 2050, then, rather than weakening before making landfall, it would probably have strengthened considerably.

These studies, however, have focused on the frequency of all tropical storms and hurricanes (lumping the weak ones in with the strong ones) rather than a measure of changes in the intensity of the storms.

When the droplets turn to ice, they are much more likely to «blow off» into the cirrus anvil of the storm rather than fall as precipitiation.

«Thus, if climate change effects are anticipated, or detected in basin - wide storm statistics, sensible policy decisions should depend on the projected overall shift in the probability of damage rather than on a high - threshold criterion for trend emergence.»