Sentences with phrase «west out to the ocean»

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So city officials are spending some $ 16 million to upgrade their stormwater system, and to move the city's entire drinking supply to the west to get out of the way of the ocean.

During field trips out to West Texas, he and Rice students noticed hundreds of ash layers in exposed rock that dated to the Cretaceous period when much of western North America lay beneath a shallow ocean.

A century ago, Panama beat out Nicaragua to snag one of the biggest engineering projects of the age: a U.S. - backed canal that would link the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, creating a shorter trade route between East and West.

It is the attempt to penetrate The Void that brought us Alex Haley's Roots, that draws thousands of African Americans across the ocean to visit West Africa every year, that left me crumpled on the rocks outside the Door of No Return at Gorée Island's slave house as I stared out over a horizon that my ancestors might have traversed once and forever.

But it's not just that the story of down - and - out West Virginians scheming to hit it rich is relevant today; it also offers a timely addendum (or even reply) to Soderbergh's famous work, the Ocean's trilogy.

Part of the luxury Montage Kapalua Resort, this three - bedroom Maui vacation rental looks out to the West Maui Mountains on one side and the ocean on the other, and is just steps from one of the island's best beaches.

Their larger Sun yoga studio features expansive windows that look out west to the Pacific ocean and east to the majestic Sierra de la Laguna mountains.

Ocean Club West offers a beachside deck looking out to the turquoise ocean for your ceremony or recepOcean Club West offers a beachside deck looking out to the turquoise ocean for your ceremony or recepocean for your ceremony or reception.

Perfect for the sunrise and sunset, views from the terrace look out to the south and west over the Gulf of Thailand and all eight of the bedrooms have an amazing ocean view.

Penthouse corner property with ocean views towards Majestic Molokai and out to the West Maui mountains and Kapalua through the added extra window in the kitchen area.

Penthouse corner property with ocean views towards Majestic Molokai and out to the West Maui mountai...

Centara Villas Phuket straddle a hillside in Karon and have splendid vistas out over the Andaman Sea.They are located along Phuket Islands winding and lush west coast and are within a ten - minute drive to Phukets major entertainment and shopping hub - Patong Beach.Accommodation choices at Centara Villas Phuket encompasse Deluxe Villas, Deluxe Ocean Facing, Spa Villas, and Pool Villas.Room amenities feature complimentary bottled water replenished daily, a working table with a reading lamp, free Wi - Fi, an IDD phone, a fridge and mini-bar, an en - suite bathroom with toiletries and hot water, a safety deposit box, an electronic room key, and cable TV with multilingual international channels, coffee and tea - making facilities, as well as individually controlled air conditioning.

Out West, you could head to California's iconic beachfront Hotel del Coronado to spend Valentine's night in a Victorian or Ocean Tower King Room for 95,000 Hilton Honors points per night.

Spectacular views of St. Martin and the Ocean, West Green has three large and stunning bedrooms all with walk outs to patios and balconies.

Starting out in Torquay the road meanders along the extraordinarily scenic coastline of Bass Strait and the Southern Ocean, hugging the coast most of the way to Allansford, in the west.

This luxurious 69 - foot catamaran takes passengers out to the beautiful scenic views of the oceans surrounding the island of Key West, then to the largest living ecosystems in the country, the coral reef.

He's now set for even greater attention with two solo shows opening within a week of each other (Arnolfini, Bristol, 16 Jan to 10 Apr; Lisson Gallery, NW1, 22 Jan to 12 Mar), the West Country outing being a UK premiere of Vertigo Sea, a grand, three - screen film work that takes the ocean as a symbol of diaspora, tragedy and hope.

In his introduction to KEY WEST: CHANGING COLORS, Mark Hedden writes of his beloved Key West base, «It's an isolated, glittering, two - by - four mile fractal Rorschach test of an island out in the middle of the ocean.

Being a parochial West Australian I had to read the original article by Kossin et al to find out what it had to say about the S. Indian Ocean — basically that the dataset is suspect and no trend is particularly observable.

From which this came: «Once these glacial rivers pour out into the larger body of water, they're picked up by ocean currents, moving east to west, and begin to circulate there.

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is out of balance because it is losing significant amounts of ice to the ocean, with the losses not being offset by snowfall.

Landing is always the hard part, and it's only twenty minutes from now, as I see the Strait of Juan de Fuca off to the west, stretching out into the Pacific Ocean.

Sea levels are rising (ask the Mayor of Miami who has spent tax monies to raise road levels), we've had 15 of the hottest years eve measured, more precipitation is coming down in heavy doses (think Houston), we're seeing more floods and drought than ever before (consistent with predictions), the oceans are measuring warmer, lake ice in North America is thawing sooner (where it happens in northern states and Canada), most glaciers are shrinking, early spring snowpacks out west have declined since the 1950's, growing seasons are longer throughout the plains, bird wintering ranges have moved north, leaf and bloom dates recorded by Thoreau in Walden have shifted in that area, insect populations that used to have one egg - larva - adult cycle in the summer now have two, the list goes on and on.

Icebergs sailing into the ocean from West Antarctica may stay close to the continent's coastline, causing little hazard, or launch out into the Southern Ocean toward the Drake Passage near South America's Cape ocean from West Antarctica may stay close to the continent's coastline, causing little hazard, or launch out into the Southern Ocean toward the Drake Passage near South America's Cape Ocean toward the Drake Passage near South America's Cape Horn.

The Rockies shut out Pacific Ocean moisture from the west, central Canada normally does not receive Atlantic weather, unless systems moved north from the Gulf of Mexico the Arctic would need to be somewhat ice free.