Sentences with phrase «scale disaster in»

My family and I dodged a household - scale disaster in the same storm.

We partner with the American Red Cross, Twin Cities Chapter to provide temporary boarding for household pets whose families have been affected by single family fires or large - scale disasters in Hennepin and Anoka counties.

Not exact matches

The P&G mobile unit, powered by Matthew 25: Ministries, distributes P&G products free of charge directly to residents in the communities which have been affected by large scale natural disasters.»

«If the issue can not be solved smoothly and immediately, we think that ZTE will face tremendous disaster and would be forced to scale back on its smartphone business, not only in the U.S., but also in other markets,» said Strategy Analytics analyst Woody Oh.

If oil drops into the $ 20 - to - $ 30 range, he may soon be dealing with the consequences of an oil sands industry, his government's anointed engine of economic growth, suddenly becoming a commercial disaster on a scale that could be unrivaled in Canada's history.

But given the scale of the disaster in Puerto Rico, the military and FEMA support of Puerto Rico should continue long past three weeks.

Counting the dead in the wake of a disaster the scale of Hurricane Maria is no doubt extremely challenging.

The scale of the disaster in Puerto Rico is far bigger than either Whitefish or Cobra has handled.

It's been unrelenting lately: the scale and scope of natural disasters in Puerto Rico, The Caribbean, Mexico, Florida, and Texas — and that's not a complete list by any means.

The document notes that protecting the image of bitcoin itself is a primary concern, since a failure on Mt. Gox's scale will be a disaster for digital currency in mainstream eyes.

I read it as an unintentional cri du coeur: a confession of catechetical disaster and pastoral failure on a nationwide scale, to which the German episcopate has no response save to urge others down the path that has led Catholicism in Germany into profound incoherence.

Nations at war, natural disasters in grand scale etc..

My mind immediately jumped to the disgusting proselytizing that so often occurs right after a natural disaster or human tragedy — whether in a family, or on a larger scale.

Hasker's third proposition is that for the problem of divine non-intervention to be a real problem, «we must be able to identify specific kinds of cases in which God morally ought to intervene but does not» Many critics of (traditional) theism probably already have a more or less vague list of such cases, which might include genocidal events, such as the Nazi holocaust and the Rwandan massacre; wars; large - scale natural disasters; conditions of chronic poverty, in which millions of children die from starvation or are permanently stunted because of inadequate protein; the sexual molestation of children, which often leaves them psychologically scarred for the rest of their lives; death preceded by long, painful illnesses, such as cancer or AIDS, or by mind - destroying conditions, such as Alzheimer's disease; and the kinds of events described by Dostoyevski, such as the soldier using his pistol to get a mother's baby to giggle with delight and then blowing its brains out.

There can be little debate as to the scale of the disaster that continues to unfold in Syria.

For example, Kibbutzes or hippie communies in California don't need to spend money on R&D in agriculture, or defense, or large scale law enforcement (again, you may have the luxury to exclude 1 - 3 % of psychopaths / sociopaths from a small community, and not worry about said excluded psychopaths attacking you for your communal material possessions from outside since they are dealt with by outside society), or on disaster preparedness, or on medical R&D, or pretty much any other economic overhead of modern civilization.

«In spite of Nigeria's technological limitations and the paucity of funds to handle or manage large scale and complex emergencies, the APC administration will leave no stone unturned in offering succour to victims of natural disasters across the country,» he saiIn spite of Nigeria's technological limitations and the paucity of funds to handle or manage large scale and complex emergencies, the APC administration will leave no stone unturned in offering succour to victims of natural disasters across the country,» he saiin offering succour to victims of natural disasters across the country,» he said.

Additional Riverkeeper maps showing how Lac - Megantic and Casselton - scale disasters would affect areas of the Hudson Valley are available in the Crude Oil Public Outreach section.

«UNICEF has called on donors and humanitarian organizations to scale - up the response to the emerging disaster in Borno state, which is the most affected by the conflict with Boko Haram.

The range of possible actions to hurricanes is limited to evacuation, large - scale engineering projects such as floodgates and dams, loss prevention (insurance), and the self - organization of society in recovery and rebuilding in the aftermath of a hurricane disaster.

In response, the team of researchers have called on policymakers worldwide to strictly regulate any large scale unilateral geoengineering programmes in the future to prevent inducing natural disasters in different parts of the worlIn response, the team of researchers have called on policymakers worldwide to strictly regulate any large scale unilateral geoengineering programmes in the future to prevent inducing natural disasters in different parts of the worlin the future to prevent inducing natural disasters in different parts of the worlin different parts of the world.

For over twenty years, the dominant opinion in research was that this «mother of all disasters» happened abruptly and without warning, when seen on a geological time - scale — estimates suggest a period of just 60,000 years.

Researchers in this group think that these functions will dramatically increase construction equipment's capacity to deal with large - scale disasters and accidents and believe it is possible that the replacement of conventional construction equipment with this robot will drastically change civil engineering and construction methods.

«Furthermore, large - scale energy storage systems are strongly needed in China [as backup during] frequent natural disasters» such as the recent Sichuan earthquake.

The scientists studied Sotheby's vintage rating — a 100 - point scale used to measure wine quality in which a vintage scoring above 90 is deemed «excellent to superb» and a score under 40 signifies a disaster — and compared the trends to climate records.

This «could result in a burst dam, contaminated water, a derailed train, a collapsed bridge, energy black - outs or other large - scale human disasters», Webster claimed.

One possible solution to quickly measure a population's exposure to radiation in the event of a nuclear disaster or some other large - scale leak of radioactive material — such as a so - called «dirty bomb» attack — would be to scan the body in places where that material is most readily absorbed.

For the second time in under a year, a large - scale energy disaster is unfolding before our eyes.

But while most research on impending environmental disaster relied on computer models, Biosphere 2 represented a fascinating alternative mode in which large - scale analog experiments employed real organisms, soil, seawater, and air.

«The scale of the disaster there is profound,» said Chekmous Ali, a Syrian archaeologist now at the University of Strasbourg in France.

The potential looms for a disaster, on the scale of that in 1975 when 62 dams collapsed in Henan Province during Typhoon Nina and nearly 100,000 people died, according to officials here.

This week in Cancun, a researcher from Yale - National University of Singapore (NUS) College in Singapore is presenting a comparison between large - scale earthquakes and tsunamis in different parts of the world, illustrating how nearly identical natural disasters can play out very differently depending on where they strike.

«The world is seeing an increase in large - scale natural disasters,» she said.

Ever since the reactor at Chernobyl exploded in 1986 spewing radioactivity over more than 20 countries, Europeans have lived in fear of another large - scale nuclear disaster.

The disaster Hurricane Harvey — now a tropical storm — has created is immense in scale, encompassing thousands of square miles of Southeast Texas.

Emmerich has had several attempts at world - ending destruction, and although each of the aforementioned films was impressive in its time, 2012 sets a new standard for large - scale disaster porn.

San Andreas doesn't have much interest in the lives lost during its sequence of catastrophes, but it does dole out plenty of the large - scale spectacle that matters in disaster films of this type.

So what could have been a Werner Herzog - quoting battle of futility against the forces of nature, couched in myth but disguised in tentpole blockbuster scale, becomes an episodic series of CGI - disasters with little shape beyond its adherence to the «facts» of the matter.

Ganz and Mandel don't have to deal with anything as sobering as a large - scale human disaster at Fenway Park; in the Americanized Fever Pitch the key historical incident is Boston's surprise victory in last year's World Series, which reversed an 86 - year curse.

Filmed (with great political difficulty and necessitating much censorship) in China, it was an ambitious, large - scale production overseen by Raffaella de Laurentiis and directed by the Canadian Daryl Duke; but when it was finally released the film was met with almost universal critical disdain and proved to be a box office disaster.

The mounting scale of each disaster is like a slapstick version of the death scenes in «Final Destination 3,» where a perfectly ordinary day in the stock room can end with a death by nail gun.

Anyone wondering whether there might be a degree of artistry to what Roland Emmerich does should look no further than San Andreas, an earthquake disaster movie made in the Emmerich style, complete with divorced protagonist and obliterated landmarks, but lacking the blockbuster crafter's sense of scale or knack for...

And now in «The Day After Tomorrow», there is yet more disaster and destruction on a truly massive scale all over America (and incidentally the rest of the world), only this time the enemy is global warming, the starring boffin is unable to do anything to defeat it, and the blame is placed squarely on the shoulders of Western consumerism and blinkered US governance.

Displacement caused by disasters is a global phenomenon that is growing in scale, frequency and complexity.

In a voice at once involving and fair, masterful and intimate, Fink exposes the hidden dilemmas of end - of - life care and reveals just how ill - prepared we are as Americans for the impact of large - scale disasters - and how we can do better.

In addition to her work, Chrissy serves as an Animal Rescue Volunteer for the Humane Society of the United States in support of large - scale animal transports, disaster response and cruelty investigationIn addition to her work, Chrissy serves as an Animal Rescue Volunteer for the Humane Society of the United States in support of large - scale animal transports, disaster response and cruelty investigationin support of large - scale animal transports, disaster response and cruelty investigations.

When housing potentially hundreds of animals in a small space — like in the case of a natural disaster or large - scale cruelty case — it's important to be able to provide a barrier between cages, if possible.

Back at the college, the intern will work with the shelter medicine faculty in veterinary forensic medicine, shelter consultations, diagnosis and management of disease outbreaks in shelters, and large - scale field responses to disasters involving animals, including mass seizures of abused or neglected animals.

The ASPCA Field Investigations and Response team frequently responds to natural disasters, including other major events like Hurricane Irene and the Joplin, Missouri, tornado in 2011, Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in 2008, and Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, in addition to being called upon by state and municipal governments and other animal welfare partners to lend expertise during large - scale animal rescue operations.

A portion of the large property will be made «incident ready» for short - term relief in large - scale cruelty investigations and disasters.