By the time she looked at the alarm, it was getting on for half past seven, and the boys were still noisy, loud against the weather.
Out of town retailers were the next worst hit, with numbers down by 4.2% and shopping centres, which offer the most protection against the weather, down by 2.4%.
If I get a break with the weather I have a good chance of breaking the record, but if the weather turns against me then it will be difficult.
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The needle allowed humans to clothe themselves, protecting themselves against cold weather and opening regions outside of the tropics to human settlement.
The only time their batsmen have really encountered problems was when the weather turned against them on Saturday.
Ian Gregory hit 42 and Paras Dogra 41 as Bridgnorth reached 136-9 against Kington - but again the weather stopped any response from the opposition.
And Scotland, unlike the rest of the UK, decided against satellites "because of the difficulty of getting enough clear weather for flyovers", a Scottish government spokeswoman told the BBC.
Marina struggles with her new environment: the nightmares from the Larium she has to take against malaria, deadly insects, extreme weather and, always, the whispering darkness.
Instead, she strung movies loosely together, as if mapping out the lines of tradition, and weather-tested them against a couple of things: authenticity of experience and the proved canon of noncinematic art.
David Keyte, chairman of Hereford United, said the weather forecast was always against them.
In the Marstons Shropshire League , leaders Reman Services (150-7) took 13 points against Newtown (54-5), but second-placed Madeley were frustrated by the weather - taking seven points (92-7) against Wem (55-23).
Morley is hoping the Melbourne weather creates conditions to suit the England players for their match against the Kangaroos and expects a physically challenging encounter against the meaty Kiwi pack in their final group game.
Hereford United's game against Dartford has been called off due to the weather.
"We continue to fight a losing battle against weather and congestion in that part of the country, " says Comair spokeswoman Kate Marx.
Their revised plan also includes steps to better prepare against extreme weather events and other unforeseen circumstances in the months ahead, addressing another one of our concerns.
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Annan's Boxing Day match against Berwick Rangers was first to fall foul of the weather after a 0830 GMT pitch inspection on Thursday and by the end of the day 12 others had been called off.
West Indies were effectively robbed of a Super Six place by the bad weather that washed out their match against Bangladesh.
But between the weather conditions, everything is trying to work against them at this point.
We will be up against it weather-wise but we are arriving early and the players will have two weeks to get used to the English winter.
Midweek SFL and Scottish Cup ties have also fallen victim to the weather and Livingston's Second Division game against Ayr United is one of the latest casualties.
Swansea City's Capital One Cup semi-final second leg against Chelsea at the Liberty Stadium went ahead as planned, despite the weather problems.
Investors may be as fickle as the weather, but the IMF, too, is warning against over-zealous austerity.
Against a backdrop of harsh winter weather across much of North America and Europe, the concept of rising global temperatures might seem incongruous.
Shipments in the U.S. fell 6.8%, which Anheuser-Busch said was due to challenging weather conditions for most of the quarter and what it said was against the most difficult comparisons for the year.
Beijing has launched a firework safety index during the upcoming Chinese New Year holidays that advises against setting off fireworks and firecrackers in poor weather conditions, China Daily reports.
Unicef say the renewed bad weather has forced it to postpone until next week an immunisation push against measles, meningitis and tetanus.
But its 16 authors, led by Michael Ladisch, a biological engineer at Purdue University, reckon that high-tech chow will, within the next 25 years, protect troops from attack by biological weapons, insulate them against cold weather and even make them visible to their commanders by satellite.
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The weather had been unseasonably warm, and he considered buying Obie a small electric fan but decided against it, because it would just make him unhappy if he ever had to live without one again.
Typical townhouses in Havana were fitted with grand colonnaded portales (porches) to provide shade and shelter from the tropical weather, and rejas, metal bars, were secured over open window panes to protect against burglaries and allow for a freer circulation of air.
If the forecast is for humid, unsettled weather, Onions will have the opportunity to continue the impressive start he made to his Test career against the curiously de-motivated West Indies.
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