Sentences with phrase «truly global disasters»
DEVASTATING DISASTERS The magnitude 9.1 earthquake and resulting tsunami that hit the island of Sumatra (shown) in Indonesia in 2004 was one of the world's first truly global disasters, argues seismologist Lucy Jones in her new book, The Big Ones.
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And if the global economy truly is as screwed as some believe — like Kyle Bass, for example, a Dallas fund manager Lewis encounters who predicted the sub-prime mortgage disaster and who has since bought an isolated ranch with its own water supply and an arsenal of weaponry, betting on severe economic collapse — then you're probably better off saving your nickels.
This global warfare, coupled with a series of horrible natural disasters, will make the world a truly nasty place.
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.