"The bottom line is that, without wishing to be the slightest bit complacent, we feel that HBOS, in this particular storm and given its business characteristics, is in as a safe a harbour as is possible, while at the same time feeling commercially rather frustrated, " he wrote in the letter dated 18 March.
Dr. SOLANGI: I have no idea how they found us, how they stayed together in this incredible storm.
In other words, there's a lot of preparations that have gone in in anticipation of this storm.
In the meantime, all those preparing for this storm are in our thoughts and our prayers from me and Laura and our whole nation.
I've never been one to really believe in government involvement in people's lives, but in this case, since the storm, I'm absolutely for the government for just coming in and just taking over this place and just doing what needs to be done.
I'm very thankful for the efforts of everyone who has worked tirelessly to help this region resume normal activity, even in the face of this latest storm.
Earlier this year, the spectacular bird was again in the eye of an Australian storm, this time over another, larger wind park in Victoria, even though research had suggested that the threat to parrots is small.
In this year of the storm, the winners will build windmills and the losers will raise shelters.
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The last one stood here for more than 30 years -- until we lost it in a storm earlier this year.
As many as 40, 000 people have become homeless in the wake of this storm, according to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
The Army Corps of Engineers informs me that while the levees are stronger than they've ever been, people across the Gulf Coast, especially in New Orleans, need to understand that in a storm of this size there is serious risk of significant flooding.
Serving as your personal port in the storm, this hotel and spa is modelled after an Italian villa with its courtyard lounge and fire pit, sculpture garden, outdoor pool and extensive grounds that have been cultivated with the scent and splendour of everything from roses to wisteria.
In the newer and more area-specific Regional Snowfall Index, this recent storm came in behind the No. 1 storm in 1969 and ranked a more respectable 16th with a 9.04 total score.
Right in the eye of this popular storm is an unprepossessing-looking 30-year-old Oklahoman named Garth Brooks.
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Was Russell going to keep the doors open to her off-Broadway theater complex in the face of this massive storm?
At this stage, everybody is confident that the staging process, the prepositioning of resources, commodities, equipment that are going to be needed to respond to this storm are in place.
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Overall, however, the industry "has done a fantastic job in adjusting the claims in the aftermath of this unprecedented storm, " said Gary Henning, the northeast region vice president of the American Insurance Association.
Who knows, maybe even RIM can put this to use in its next Storm.
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As always, FEMA officials are in touch with their local counterparts in anticipation of a storm like this.
One of the factors that perfected this storm, in their view, was the decimalization of the U.S. exchanges in 2000.
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People began to pay attention to this in 1979, when tropical storm Claudette drowned Alvin, in southeast Texas, under 45 inches of rain.
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The same thing has happened in New York and New Jersey with this storm.
There is particular concern that the military be prepared to respond quickly during this hurricane season in case another major storm arrives.
But of course, with the threat of a storm surge coming in, this was an objectively crazy way to set things up.
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"Although some people are saying this is really a storm in a tea cup, I don't really think so on the eve of the launch of the city of culture event, " he said.
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"We are concerned that vulnerable families still living in temporary camps won't treat this storm as a serious threat after Tropical Storm Emily didn't hit Port-au-Prince as predicted, " warned World Vision's Meg Sattler in Port-au-Prince.
And my first message is to all the people across the Eastern seaboard, Mid-Atlantic, going north, that you need to take this very seriously and follow the instructions of your state and local officials, because they are going to be providing you with the best advice in terms of how to deal with this storm over the coming days.
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This has caused a political storm in Poland, a country not fond of Russia.
Tropical Storm Debby formed Saturday, the National Hurricane Center said, making it the first named storm in the Gulf of Mexico this season.
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