These include appointing zone gardeners, leaf analysis to determine fertilization levels and closing fragile areas after prolonged use or when weather makes them vulnerable.
The projected anomalies in fire-weather for the vulnerable temperate biomes are small in magnitude and their direction is either negative or just slightly positive, although significant differences in the projected probability density functions suggest that disruptions of fire regimes may occur locally.
The Catskills, also devastated by last week's storms, remains vulnerable, the weather service said, but is not expected to bear the brunt of this week's weather.
But, although highly flexible and expressive, terra cotta was a fragile medium and as an architectural adornment vulnerable to weather.
"But it was the same scenario, with the very warm weather making the trees vulnerable to the cold".
The communications system, too, is vulnerable to weather extremes; America's mobile-phone networks have always been less reliable than those in Europe, and regularly fail in catastrophes.
Its operations are particularly vulnerable to weather problems, said Leo Prusak, the New York district manager for the Federal Aviation Administration, who also oversees Kennedy and La Guardia airports.
Because popular aroma hop varieties are younger, however, they're often less hardy, meaning they are more vulnerable to weather and water variability.
PAGE A10 INDIA'S MANGO SEASON Mango season in India lasts only about 100 days, traditionally from late March through June, is vulnerable to weather, and usually brings some sort of mango crisis, real or imagined.
How do you make that connection? A. As we've discussed, people in the developing world are more vulnerable to weather events and changing climate than people in wealthier countries.
The spike in mortality cannot be attributed to aging, fires and other events, the researchers said Warmer weather makes trees more vulnerable to insects and pathogens that thrive in warmer conditions.
