The help duly arrived thanks to defeats for Crawley and Notts County, results that relegated those sides and allowed Colchester to pull off a great escape, while MK Dons ended up walloping Yeovil 5-1, an emphatic way to pip Preston and the end of an astonishing late run – nine wins and a draw in their last 10 fixtures.
However, Sandy ended up walloping New Jersey much harder than Irene, and those who decided to stay behind during Sandy ended up getting forced out of their homes by the storm.
The far-reaching impact of the state's decision to dissolve local redevelopment agencies could end up walloping Glendale, inflating the city's budget deficit to $15 million and forcing widespread layoffs.
The first a tenacious rally that ends with Federer walloping a forehand into the net, the next a ridiculous backhand pass up the line, G to A. But Federer is staunch, bringing it back to deuce with a couple of classy serve-and-volley points, then serving the game out.
Drums are mixed to sound like the low-end wallop of a distant cannon.
Spearheaded by the valiant efforts of Fonseca, Mexico continued to probe for an equaliser but fatigue and news of an Iran equaliser meant what had been a game of crash, bang and wallop ended with a whimper.
"I thought, if we end up getting a walloping second half, it probably wouldn't auger well for our boys' confidence heading into this game". Glasgow, with a number of Scotland internationals in their squad, are away to the side sitting second in the English Premiership in the quarter-finals of the European Champions Cup next weekend.
A more persuasive argument is that the poor will end up being walloped by the new sales taxes.
And that's how it continued and ended, with the Rockets walloping and embarrassing the Knicks, 111-79.
British rugby league's big day out at Wembley ended in anticlimax as Leeds Rhinos walloped Hull KR 50‑0 in the most one-sided Challenge Cup final ever.
The town hall ended up carrying an emotional wallop anyway.
