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These numbers are likely higher than a lot of the numbers you are seeing from news outlets because their criteria for an atmospheric river is likely stricter and considers the impacts that they bring, there are [also] instances when an atmospheric river is primarily targeting the Pacific Northwest, but clips the far northwestern portions of California, say Del Norte County, with weak conditions. – Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images Hecht	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I think there’s a tendency to say that consumers are just wasting money and complaining about prices, and I think that’s not the best way to think about it, i think that during the hardest portions of the pandemic, people realized what was important to them. – Cait Lamberton	Found on CNN 1 year ago
These field trips can take two-three weeks and involve four to six people. For this, I need to estimate the meals they will need away from the station. Every time I cook a large meal, I freeze portions so that researchers can take these, defrost, and enjoy, without needing to waste valuable time in the field. – Thomas Duconseille	Found on CNN 1 year ago
To the extent possible, the news media should give people the opportunity to see at least portions of it and give them the opportunity not to see it — or for parents and guardians to withhold it from children if they deem appropriate. – Margaret Sullivan	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The Justice Department continues to operate as if everyone is asking for full disclosure, they can redact portions of the affidavit. They can allow the court to review the redaction and make judgments as to how sensitive the provisions might be. But they oppose it wholesale to the detriment of the American public. – Jonathan Turley	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
There are large portions of the watershed you can see that are completely burned. It looks like burnt toothpicks sticking out of the ground for acres and acres, with the soil instability, during a heavy rain event it would be like putting water on a bunch of baby powder where it doesn't absorb at all ; it just falls. – Las Vegas	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Everybody's got portions of the playbook, he's writing it. – Gavin Newsom	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I wondered if I could build a big sandwich out of a flat of attached rolls, and then slice them into individual portions afterwards, it turns out that yes, I could, and that it's a ridiculously quick and easy thing to do. – Christine Pittman	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
There are large portions of the watershed you can see that are completely burned. It looks like burnt toothpicks sticking out of the ground for acres and acres, with the soil instability, during a heavy rain event it would be like putting water on a bunch of baby powder where it doesn't absorb at all ; it just falls. We hope to beat the monsoon season, doing some of the interventions we're going to have to do along the watershed. – Mayor Louie Trujillo	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Or Biden's strategy — make Russia weak by sucking its military power on [the] Ukrainian battlefield, giving Javelins [anti-tank missiles] by small portions needed only to block further Russian attacks but not giving us chance to destroy Russian troops quickly. In this case, it's just too cynical and cruel, because this strategy costs hundreds of lives of Ukrainian citizens daily. – Volodymyr Solohub	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The President watched portions of Judge Jackson’s hearing yesterday and today and is proud of the way she is showcasing her extraordinary qualifications, her experience, and her even-handedness.Her dedication to following the facts, the law, and our Constitution as an independent judge is clear, he was also moved by the grace and dignity she has shown, the deference to senators, and the level of detail she is offering, reinforcing the value of her experience, her intellect, and the strength of her character. – Chris Meagher	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It's a very particularized determination whether a specific document should be under seal or not under seal, and within that document, whether portions should be redacted or not. – Sarah Krissoff	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Tropical Storm Nicholas is expected to produce storm total rainfall of 8 to 16 inches, with isolated maximum amounts of 20 inches, across portions of the middle and upper Texas coastal areas through the middle of the week. – Hurricane Center	Found on CNN 2 years ago
There's a very fine control over what part of the trunk is contracting, it's not the whole trunk that is elongating and shortening -- it's portions, depending on what the elephant is doing. – Michel Milinkovitch	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The fastest-growing places in the country have been the suburbs of big Sun Belt metros, the outlying portions of [ places like ] Austin or Phoenix. – Jed Kolko	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The primary concern tonight is the lack of relief from the heat. Portions of Philadelphia may not drop below 80 degrees. – National Weather Service	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The greatest threat for flooding impacts will be across the eastern and southeastern portions of Puerto Rico. – The NHC	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Tropical storm conditions are expected in portions of Puerto Rico beginning this afternoon, and in The Dominican Republic by Wednesday. Tropical storm conditions are possible in northern Haiti and the southeastern Bahamas by late Wednesday. – The NHC	Found on CNN 2 years ago
During the afternoon, 20 mph sustained southeasterly surface winds will likely overlap with 15-20 % relative humidity for at least a few hours. While the winds are somewhat marginal for Critical highlights, a Critical area has been maintained for portions of eastern Montana into far northeast Wyoming given the presence of Critically/record dry fuels. – The SPC	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Did the building fail structurally? Yes. What makes up the structure? Concrete and steel, did that fail? Yes. Why did it fail? It was compromised. What portions were compromised? In the pictures (in the 2018 report), we definitely see a column that's structurally compromised. – Gregg Schlesinger	Found on CNN 2 years ago
They're all meant for like 100 portions, i do not live in a household that can handle 100 portions. So a large part of it is the math of scaling everything down. – Thomas Frezza	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I think they've got control of it, there's no question about it. But their idea of control is to bring in as many people as they possibly can, as quickly as possible, from anywhere in the world, frankly. But preferably from Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and some, some portions of Asia, but not many. – Douglas Macgregor	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I don’t really have much wet-weather experience, so it was kind of cool to figure that out, honestly didn’t drive way different. You could still slow down good, turn good. Drive-off was easy to spin your tires, but other than that, it was kind of fun to chase the grip throughout the portions where it would start drying. So it was pretty fun and yeah, I think they’ve got a pretty good product that we could honestly start racing with right away if we needed to on these short tracks. – Kyle Larson	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Areas to our south -- the lower portions of the upper Mississippi and Illinois River -- are seeing relatively decent flows and levels are good for navigation, especially around St. Louis, but extreme cold outbreaks give us a concern for ice bites, which takes flow out of Illinois River, ice gets created in the pools, we drop a lot of flow, which drops stages and becomes an issue for potential groundings. On the Illinois River, however, with this extreme push of cold air, we could potentially see some ice form, but overall, we're seeing good traffic in St. Louis and believe this year the rivers have been more open with this warmer year. – Justin Palmer	Found on CNN 3 years ago

These numbers are likely higher than a lot of the numbers you are seeing from news outlets because their criteria for an atmospheric river is likely stricter and considers the impacts that they bring, there are [also] instances when an atmospheric river is primarily targeting the Pacific Northwest, but clips the far northwestern portions of California, say Del Norte County, with weak conditions.

– Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images Hecht

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think there’s a tendency to say that consumers are just wasting money and complaining about prices, and I think that’s not the best way to think about it, i think that during the hardest portions of the pandemic, people realized what was important to them.

– Cait Lamberton

Found on CNN
1 year ago

These field trips can take two-three weeks and involve four to six people. For this, I need to estimate the meals they will need away from the station. Every time I cook a large meal, I freeze portions so that researchers can take these, defrost, and enjoy, without needing to waste valuable time in the field.

– Thomas Duconseille

Found on CNN
1 year ago

To the extent possible, the news media should give people the opportunity to see at least portions of it and give them the opportunity not to see it — or for parents and guardians to withhold it from children if they deem appropriate.

– Margaret Sullivan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Justice Department continues to operate as if everyone is asking for full disclosure, they can redact portions of the affidavit. They can allow the court to review the redaction and make judgments as to how sensitive the provisions might be. But they oppose it wholesale to the detriment of the American public.

– Jonathan Turley

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

There are large portions of the watershed you can see that are completely burned. It looks like burnt toothpicks sticking out of the ground for acres and acres, with the soil instability, during a heavy rain event it would be like putting water on a bunch of baby powder where it doesn't absorb at all ; it just falls.

– Las Vegas

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Everybody's got portions of the playbook, he's writing it.

– Gavin Newsom

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I wondered if I could build a big sandwich out of a flat of attached rolls, and then slice them into individual portions afterwards, it turns out that yes, I could, and that it's a ridiculously quick and easy thing to do.

– Christine Pittman

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

– Mayor Louie Trujillo

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Or Biden's strategy — make Russia weak by sucking its military power on [the] Ukrainian battlefield, giving Javelins [anti-tank missiles] by small portions needed only to block further Russian attacks but not giving us chance to destroy Russian troops quickly. In this case, it's just too cynical and cruel, because this strategy costs hundreds of lives of Ukrainian citizens daily.

– Volodymyr Solohub

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The President watched portions of Judge Jackson’s hearing yesterday and today and is proud of the way she is showcasing her extraordinary qualifications, her experience, and her even-handedness.Her dedication to following the facts, the law, and our Constitution as an independent judge is clear, he was also moved by the grace and dignity she has shown, the deference to senators, and the level of detail she is offering, reinforcing the value of her experience, her intellect, and the strength of her character.

– Chris Meagher

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It's a very particularized determination whether a specific document should be under seal or not under seal, and within that document, whether portions should be redacted or not.

– Sarah Krissoff

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Tropical Storm Nicholas is expected to produce storm total rainfall of 8 to 16 inches, with isolated maximum amounts of 20 inches, across portions of the middle and upper Texas coastal areas through the middle of the week.

– Hurricane Center

Found on CNN
2 years ago

There's a very fine control over what part of the trunk is contracting, it's not the whole trunk that is elongating and shortening -- it's portions, depending on what the elephant is doing.

– Michel Milinkovitch

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The fastest-growing places in the country have been the suburbs of big Sun Belt metros, the outlying portions of [ places like ] Austin or Phoenix.

– Jed Kolko

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The primary concern tonight is the lack of relief from the heat. Portions of Philadelphia may not drop below 80 degrees.

– National Weather Service

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The greatest threat for flooding impacts will be across the eastern and southeastern portions of Puerto Rico.

– The NHC

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Tropical storm conditions are expected in portions of Puerto Rico beginning this afternoon, and in The Dominican Republic by Wednesday. Tropical storm conditions are possible in northern Haiti and the southeastern Bahamas by late Wednesday.

– The NHC

Found on CNN
2 years ago

During the afternoon, 20 mph sustained southeasterly surface winds will likely overlap with 15-20 % relative humidity for at least a few hours. While the winds are somewhat marginal for Critical highlights, a Critical area has been maintained for portions of eastern Montana into far northeast Wyoming given the presence of Critically/record dry fuels.

– The SPC

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Did the building fail structurally? Yes. What makes up the structure? Concrete and steel, did that fail? Yes. Why did it fail? It was compromised. What portions were compromised? In the pictures (in the 2018 report), we definitely see a column that's structurally compromised.

– Gregg Schlesinger

Found on CNN
2 years ago

They're all meant for like 100 portions, i do not live in a household that can handle 100 portions. So a large part of it is the math of scaling everything down.

– Thomas Frezza

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I think they've got control of it, there's no question about it. But their idea of control is to bring in as many people as they possibly can, as quickly as possible, from anywhere in the world, frankly. But preferably from Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and some, some portions of Asia, but not many.

– Douglas Macgregor

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I don’t really have much wet-weather experience, so it was kind of cool to figure that out, honestly didn’t drive way different. You could still slow down good, turn good. Drive-off was easy to spin your tires, but other than that, it was kind of fun to chase the grip throughout the portions where it would start drying. So it was pretty fun and yeah, I think they’ve got a pretty good product that we could honestly start racing with right away if we needed to on these short tracks.

– Kyle Larson

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Areas to our south -- the lower portions of the upper Mississippi and Illinois River -- are seeing relatively decent flows and levels are good for navigation, especially around St. Louis, but extreme cold outbreaks give us a concern for ice bites, which takes flow out of Illinois River, ice gets created in the pools, we drop a lot of flow, which drops stages and becomes an issue for potential groundings. On the Illinois River, however, with this extreme push of cold air, we could potentially see some ice form, but overall, we're seeing good traffic in St. Louis and believe this year the rivers have been more open with this warmer year.

– Justin Palmer

Found on CNN
3 years ago

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