Sentence examples for excess storm from inspiring English sources
This is how we propose to combine these two requirements: Safety first means, in practice, that New Orleans has to better adapt to threats inherent in living in a subsiding delta, so enhanced protection against hurricanes, floods and excess storm water is essential for redevelopment.
By using vegetation to filter and hold excess storm water on the site, rather than allowing it to run from parking lots and roadways into catch basins, the development proposal goes out of its way to minimize runoff that might diminish water quality in the pond, according to Michael Dietz, a storm water quality specialist at the University of Connecticut familiar with the plan.
Instead, the living roof acts as a natural filtration system, with excess storm water collecting in retention ponds before flowing into the nearby Rouge River.
"It's very important for us that we have a system that collects excess storm water," he said Wednesday.
The agency is also proposing that the city control raw sewage discharges by installing holding tanks that would temporarily retain excess sewage and storm water during rains until treatment plants can handle the load.
We were encouraged to throw our rubbish out of the windows, dump excess paint down storm drains and go out of our way to ignore recycling bins.
We were encouraged to throw our trash out the windows, dump excess paint down storm drains, and go out of our way to ignore recycling bins.
Analysts say the generals were the only men to be held accountable for the excesses of Operation Storm because Mr. Tudjman and his inner circle were all dead by the time the case came before the tribunal.
The drift into corruption and excess, and the gathering storm of retribution, form the book's meat.Undoubtedly, it could be better: it would have been useful to read much more about the beliefs and membership of Indonesia's two great Muslim groups, Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama, each of which claims tens of millions of followers.
Scientists do not know why a ring of convection forms around the center of circulation instead of on top of it, or why the upper-level anticyclone only ejects a portion of the excess air above the storm.
Assuming average excess rainfall intensity for a storm (with the assumption that storm will continue up to the time of equilibrium), the resulting equilibrium discharge may be given by the following equation: Qe = 0.2778 × ir × A where ir = P/Δt; P = depth of rainfall excess (in mm); A = catchment area in km2; and Δt = duration of excess rainfall.
