No amount of planning can prepare us for act-of-God weather.
The king of the gods was the weather god Teshub.
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Thank God the weather was warm.
We wore sweaters and parkas and boots, honoring the god of weather, not opera.
Think of Noah or Gilgamesh or any soggy group of humans and dogs huddled together, waiting out an apocalyptic act of God or weather.
Thanks be to God, the weather softened into one of those October days when the sun, low in the sky, casts a golden patina over the land.
Opening a cigarette pack, he extracted a wad of cotton and then unwrapped a small polished stone cylinder engraved with the icons of ancient Mesopotamia: Ishtar, the warrior goddess; Adad, god of weather, and Ea, the god of water.
The N.H.L.'s contract with Michigan, approved by the university's board of regents on Feb. 9, contains provisions that treat a work stoppage in a way similar to a "force majeure" cancellation brought about by act of God, riot, weather, disaster or any other cause beyond the league's control.
"And if I may say so, your majesty, thank God the weather turned out fine," he added.
Before Christianity came to Finland fires were lit for Ukko, the Finnish god of weather and crops, and the holiday was called Ukon juhla.
