But you can steal away from all that and refresh yourself in the cool and dark of the chapel beneath the Black Madonna and the lamps hung there by Crusaders and the bell that was said to ring miraculously every time storm-tossed sailors were saved by the Virgin of Rocamadour.
Accuweather said that by the time the storm dies out, at least 24 states will be affected.
About 1, 200 students were believed to be in campus dorms at the time of the storm.
Last Friday, Tom Oreck hosted a cookout for plant employees and turned the lights on for the first time since the storm.
The museum has begun examining how floodwaters entered the exhibit space, and whether flooding can be prevented next time a dangerous storm hits.
Meanwhile, their compatriots who were comfortably, if illegally, established in Houston or San Jose at the time of the storm are allowed to stay.
The Wonder Wheel, like other seasonal businesses, was already due to close around the time of the Oct. 29 storm, so the time off was spent making repairs.
Tuesday morning was the father's first time back since the storm struck to see the home's condition.
"After the storm the time has come for forgiveness and mutual pardon for one another, " Avlessi told BBC Sport.
On this day, she's waiting on one of those friends to come back for the first time since fleeing the storm.
Debuting at the same time as "super storm" Hurricane Sandy, the Livestream android app offers a new way for users to share their experience of a once in a lifetime event in real time with their social networks.
That's when New Orleans will turn 300 years old, or if you start over and count time forward from the storm -- as so many in this region were forced to do -- it will be in its 13th year of renewal.
They knew they wouldn't be able to make it to a storm shelter in time.
And the big three networks turned instead to prime-time news specials on the storm, with only fleeting political segments.
But AIG had operating properties sufficient to weather the storm if given time.
The last time a "great geomagnetic storm" unleashed such energy on the earth (thereafter known as a Carrington Event for the British scientist who first detected it) was September 1, 1859.
The storm is still a category one hurricane, but the majority of Massachusetts locals expect it to turn into a mere tropical storm by the time it crosses into Rhode Island next door.
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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.
Either way, perhaps the most interesting thing about the hire is that RIM just underwent a major renovation of its brand image around the time of the Bold and Storm releases -- and BlackBerry users tend to love the way their devices generally operate (Storm notably excepted), so any jarring change to the experience risks alienating huge swaths of the base.
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The storm is forecast to enter the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday morning, by which time it is expected to be back to tropical storm status, according to forecasters.
Bank of America has been in the eye of the storm for quite some time now.
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But after the storm, being on time seems more important, especially to teachers.
Then came wins over DePaul, Rutgers and Seton Hall before DePaul lost to the Red Storm for a second time.
The attack continued, but De Villiers finally pulled Broad to mid-on, and by the time Ryan McLaren walked out the storm clouds were gathering.
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You do not have to be a pilot or airline executive to grasp the simple concept that the best time to fly is when a storm is not taking place.
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Although New Orleans is still a laid-back place that likes a good time, the trauma of the storm and the long slog back to normality seem to have energised it.
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This ponderous storm has taken its time moving through the Gulf, but the people of New Orleans are responding with grit, determination, and the can-drink attitude that has made this city what it is today.
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Mr. JENNINGS: We just try to appeal to their common sense, remind them that at some point in time during the height of the storm, when they're huddled inside their house or they've gone to the attic, that any calls for help that might get through, as much as our police, fire and EMS would like to assist them, they simply won't be able to.
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