Others were simply overwhelmed by the amount of water pushed ashore by the giant storm, which hit at high tide during a full moon.

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How has the oil giant weathered the storm?

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From the plane, I saw the path of the storm, which marched like a lead-footed giant across southern Oklahoma City and Moore.

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The Pearl squished the keyboard and split the keys, the Storm went with a touchscreen that was also a giant button and the Torch opted for a sliding mechanism that was old hat for most other manufacturers.

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This cover acts as a giant sponge, absorbing rainfall and reducing polluted storm-water runoff.

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Oil companies have also been in the "eye of the storm", but the boss of state-run oil giant Sinopec says the country's oil quality standards are to blame for pollution, Economic Information Daily reports.

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Vacationers were wearing ponchos instead of swimsuits at the peak of the summer season because of the tropical storm, which has drenched Florida for at least four days straight like a giant shower head set up over the state's Gulf Coast.

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In the meantime, however, the drug giant is going to eschew such major changes and will instead bet that improving the hydraulics and circuitry of this giant battleship of a company, it will be able to weather the coming storm.

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