On June 1‚ 1999 an American Airlines flight carrying 145 people crashed after overrunning the runway while landing at Little Rock International Airport. Flight 1420‚ a Douglas DC-9-82 was landing in Little Rock after departing from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport‚ this was the last leg of the day for the flight crew. After landing on Runway 4R‚ Flight 1410 collided with the localizer that was located approximately 410 feet beyond the end of Runway 4R. The aircraft proceeded to break through
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these squiggles on the paper come together to form words? But‚ the answer is always the same. Books are the basis of all society and culture. If no one had ever recorded laws‚ and poetry‚ and math‚ then they would all be lost by now‚ scattered to the wind. All over the world‚ throughout history‚ books have changed lives. From America to Egypt to Mesopotamia; from the 1st century to the 21st‚ books have had great effects on all people‚ no matter what race‚ religion‚ or gender. Books can and have changed
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LIGHTNING Lightning is a massive electrostatic discharge caused by unbalanced electric charges in the atmosphere‚ and resulting in a strike‚ from a cloud to itself‚ a cloud to a cloud or a cloud to ground‚ and accompanied by the loud sound of thunder. A typical cloud to ground lightning strike jumps a 5 km (3 mi) gap through the air.[1] A typical thunderstorm has three or more strikes per minute at its peak.[2] Lightning is usually produced by cumulonimbus clouds based 5–6 km (3-4 mi) above the
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violent storms. Hurricanes get their energy when the sun heats up the ocean water. When the wind blows across the warm ocean‚ the water evaporates and gets carried upward. As the wind continues‚ the storm starts to spin and move across the ocean. If the water stays warm there are no mountains or obstacles‚ the storm can grow. Once it hits land‚ it no longer has moisture or heat so it starts to weaken. The wind speed tells you how strong a hurricane is‚ and stronger storms are much more dangerous! The
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You look at her in shock and she looks at you. You pull back away from her‚ and she takes a step back from you. The storm gets worse‚ the wind and sand hurt your skin and the rain stings your eyes. You bend over so you can cover your face with your arm for a moment. And when you look up the sand is so thick you can only see her outline. She is crouched over just like you are‚ you think she
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affect Australia. A vast majority of Darwin was completely demolished during the 25th of December 1974. Even though the cyclone is considered small in world standards’‚ stretching with a radius of just 50km‚ Tracy was very intense. In Darwin Airport‚ a wind of 217km/h was recorded before the anemometer was destroyed. On the 20th of December 1974‚ what was soon to be Cyclone Tracy was identified in the Arafura Sea as a depression. It then slowly travelled Southwest whilst also intensifying to the coasts
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hurricanes. 4. Seawater needs to be at a temperature of at least 270C for a tropical cyclone to form. Water vapor condenses into clouds and the air begins to rotate. The atmospheric pressure falls quickly and the wind speeds increase. Around the eye-the center- of the cyclone‚ wind can circulate at 250kilometres per hour; a gust in one especially violent cyclone reached over 300 kilometers per hour. However‚ in the eye itself‚ the air is still and bright. Over four to eight days‚ the very thick
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to is the last line of shelley’s famous poem‚ "Ode to the West Wind". In the poem‚ the poet identifies himself with West Wind‚ which‚ to him‚ is both the destroyer and the preserver. The poet has dead thoughts which he would like to be scattered by the West Wind like dead leaves. In place of these dead thoughts‚ he wants new and fresh thoughts to be born in him. As from an extinguished hearth‚ ashes and sparks are spread by the wind so the poet wants his message of hope to be delivered to the frustrated
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gathered apples was in the wind? It was a cold night when I left my room at the hotel for a usual speaking engagement. I walked but a little way. A heavy wind coming up from Lake Michigan was icy on the face. If felt like winter straying early in the northern woodlands. Under the lampposts the leaves shone like bronze. And they rolled on the pavements like the ghost feet of a thousand autumns long dead‚ long before the boys left for faraway lands without great icy winds and promise of winter
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as a spinning tunnel of wind in the sky‚ but the second it touches the ground it becomes a tornado. The Joplin tornado has some common factors like other tornadoes. Tornadoes strike in the Midwest of the United States‚ where hot‚ wet air from the Gulf of Mexico and cold‚ dry air from Canada mix most frequently. Joplin hit on May 22‚ which is in the spring. Most tornadoes in the United States strike in spring and summer where the weather is warmer. The Joplin tornado’s wind speed was at its highest
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