Sentences with phrase «said about the hurricane»

But we don't need any amputations to figure out some things that we can indeed say about hurricanes and global warming.

Not exact matches

Adding a million users every day in the week that Hurricane Harvey was active and still at the top of the charts, Moore says that the company has learned a great deal about what is required to support rapid growth, especially in urgent situations.

Say you're worried about hurricane season, which runs from June 1 through Nov. 30.

Experts say it depends on several factors, including the cost and components of your trip, where you live and where you're headed, and what potential problems you're worried about (like that «extremely active» hurricane season).

«Backup power is going to be of value certainly to businesses that worry about disruptions from hurricanes, storms, or even droughts that make water scarce for utilities,» Makower says.

Adweek applauded Duracell's «Island Without Power» ad talking about Puerto Rico's struggles in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, saying,» «Island Without Power» is an example of a brand doing activism right in the wake of political upheaval and natural disaster in a year when many brands got it very wrong.»

At noon, the storm's center was about 200 miles south Nantucket island with a central pressure rivaling a Category 2 or 3 hurricane, Hamrick said.

The hurricane is about 35 miles (55 km) southeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico with maximum sustained winds of 155 miles per hour (250 km per hour), the NHC said, adding that it is moving in a north - westerly direction at 10 mph (17 km / h).

«We have received reports from our members, statewide, about too many Floridians still waiting to receive full and fair settlements for Hurricane Irma claims,» he said by email.

At 10 p.m., its maximum sustained winds had fallen to about 40 mph (64 kph), the National Hurricane Center said.

There were several possible catalysts suggested for this spike in concerns about a favorable outcome of the debt ceiling negotiation, which has to be concluded ahead of the Treasury's X Date, now expected as early as October 1: some cited Steven Mnuchin's interview on CNBC, in which the Treasury Secretary said that the additional spending needed to help Texas recover from Hurricane Harvey may reduce the amount of time Congress has to increase the federal debt limit; another possibility was month - end liquidity needs and relative positioning across the curve.

«It's been eye - opening to learn about all the animals affected by natural disasters like Hurricane Irma, so when I heard about this event, I knew I wanted to be involved,» said Warriors center Zaza Pachulia.

AutoNation said Hurricane Irma negatively impacted third - quarter earnings by about $ 8 million, or 8 cents a share, which also was less than expected.

that's why I said oldest some bible stories tens if not hundreds of thousands of years old.I can tell you about hurricanes that struck here years before I was born because of older families telling what happened.thank God or who ever you want for weather satellites I do.

The fact the the earthquake and hurricane were «nothing» to worry about seems to suggest God was saying, «I won't punish you because you are all doing just fine.

Other than calling a hurricane a blessing, [which of course is immediately picked up as the headline] what is objectionable about what Beck is saying?

«Contrary to current reports, DHS has not denied any waiver request associated with Hurricane Maria,» said a senior DHS official, on a media press call about the Jones Act and Puerto Rico on Wednesday morning.

«Washington is talking about how long the emergency troops, the FEMA troops, can stay there,» Cuomo said, referencing comments made by President Donald Trump about the long - term planning for Puerto Rico recovering from Hurricane Maria.

Staten Island City Councilmen Vincent Ignizio and James Oddo took a trip to New Orleans in late January to try to learn from the city's recovery efforts from Hurricane Katrina, and said they were shocked to learn about some of the problems homeowners faced as they tried to raise their homes on pillars to prevent damage from future floods.

Rossello, Gillibrand said, is concerned about Puerto Rico's future after the hurricanes.

Cuomo said there are too many concerns about the project, including potential damage from future storms like Hurricane Sandy in 2012, and potential terrorism.

«It's amazing what you can learn about how to be upfront in a disaster after a cold, snowy one in December,» said top Democratic consultant Hank Sheinkopf of the city's response to Hurricane Irene.

Cruz, who has been in Buffalo for about a month after losing her home to Hurricane Maria, said she thinks the law is a good one and believes children should be protected from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke.

He talked of a need to revamp the national flood - insurance program, saying that due to «affordability» about 80 percent of homeowners in Houston didn't have flood insurance before Hurricane Harvey hit last year.

He says he will also talk about trauma in the wake of such natural disasters as Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee, which impacted his 19th Congressional District.

He said he spoke to the senator after Hurricane Sandy in 2012 and at his district office on Long Island, where they spoke about fracking, a controversial method of extracting natural gas out of the ground.

About 30 percent say they think there will be many more «deaths and injuries» from floods and hurricanes over the next 20 years if nothing is done to address climate change.

Arkema said the company had no way to prevent fires because the plant is swamped by about 6 feet (1.83 m) of water due to flooding from Harvey, which came ashore in Texas last week as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, knocking out power to its cooling system.

«It's giving unparalleled details about the hurricanes,» Tang says, including data on wind speeds and water temperatures delivered every minute that are then fed into models.

He said scientists need about a century's worth of good data to start making sophisticated predictions about the influence of human - caused climate change on hurricane frequency.

Gabriel Vecchi, head of the climate variations and predictability group at NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab and another author on the paper, says decades of weather prediction data show that forecasts have improved — and will improve — as scientists learn more about hurricanes.

«The length of the hurricane season has been expanding,» he says, «increasing by about five days per decade — about 15 days since 1970.»

But Rhome said he believes the Hurricane Irene evacuations were done «about as good as you can do it,» pointing out that no deaths were caused by storm surge, which he called «an amazing feat.»

«Rapid intensification of large hurricanes is something that the forecasters have a lot of trouble with,» says Adam Sobel, atmospheric scientist at Columbia University and author of Storm Surge, a book about Hurricane Sandy.

«The most important thing to realize about the current hurricane season is that we're still right in the peak of a very active season,» Bell says.

«The hurricane's strength was the result of high seawater temperatures, and my first thought was that we should be able to do something about this», he says.

«When you hear about hurricanes or tropical cyclones you think about storm surges and wind damage near the coast,» says Villarini, who also conducts research at the internationally renowned IIHR - Hydroscience & Engineering.

The largest of these smaller storms measures about 2,200 miles (3,500 km) across — twice as big as the largest hurricane recorded on Earth, NASA officials said.

Even if hurricane threatens, most state residents don't fear the potential damage and about a third say they wouldn't evacuate in the face of a Category 1 hurricane, even if ordered...

So 75 percent of the year, it's safe to say that someone somewhere is probably worrying about an impending hurricane.

Bell said that he and his office, NOAA's Climate Prediction Center, have been fielding questions about the August lull in Atlantic hurricanes and whether it would cause his forecast team to soften its May and August outlooks, which concluded that the 2013 season had a 70 percent chance of being more active than normal.

«We were having our fair when Hurricane Harvey hit and the 4 - H» ers immediately thought about how they could help,» Eicher said.

«We may notice more hurricanes and heat waves than usual and become concerned about climate change, but we don't always know the best ways to reduce our emissions,» Lacasse said.

«Many times, I worked with a science teacher to help students use the Internet to learn about planets, hurricanes, earthquakes, and so on,» said retired K - 8 computer teacher / coordinator Betty Kistler.

Sure, there's the obligatory annual story in most news vehicles about «our education crisis,» but contrast that to, say, round - the - clock, multiple - week coverage of a devastating hurricane.

«When it started sprinkling, I thought about Le Mans, but once it started to pour, I said this is hurricane season,» Milner reported.

A week after a Broward County infant was killed when the passenger - side air bag in her mother's van inflated, the Florida Highway Patrol is issuing a statewide warning to motorists, urging precaution.On Oct. 15, 7 - week - old Jasmine Brown of Pompano Beach died in her child - safety seat when the passenger - side air bag in the van inflated during a minor collision.Gail Nesmith, the infant's mother, told FHP she had placed Jasmine in the child - safety seat, and turned the seat away from the front of the car.The accident, which occurred when Nesmith's van broadsided a Chevrolet at about 25 mph, caused the bag to inflate, pushing the child seat against the car seat with the force of a Category 5 hurricane, the FHP said.

What do Mary and John teach their children about the role of religion, from the time they are young (saying an «Angel of God» during the 1960 hurricane) to the novel's closing scene?

Brent Leathwood, a realtor in Sarasota who is originally from Burlington, Ont., said about 80 per cent of his Canadian customers are fully insured even though tougher building codes after hurricane Andrew have helped to minimize damage.

Canadians were eager to buy insurance after hurricane Andrew devastated southern Florida in 1992, but Rivard said the concern has waned because the state hasn't experienced a big storm in about a decade.