unknowing risks when the open girders in the bridge’s sides were substituted with flat‚ solid girders that would catch the wind and make the bridge sway from side to side. One distinguishing feature that led to its “sway to destruction” was the bridge’s small width-to-length ratio; the bridge was incredibly narrow for its length also its topographic location made it very prone to high winds. These risks were never taken into consideration at the time. Project managers did not take them sufficiently into
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The Man on the Beach The blissful‚ enclosed‚ beach is silent. The bright glow of the sun blinds you as it emerges; it rises like a yellow puppet on the distant horizon. Crashing against the shore‚ small waves wash the night’s debris onto the land. Untouched golden sand covers the floor as far as your eyes can see. Soothing‚ a gentle sea breeze rustles through your hair. Beach shops prepare for their day of excited costumers bustling in and out of their small seafront shops. Looking out to the
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Would it be so bad? His adrenaline went up as he thought about this. Tom’s mind went off again thinking about leaving this world‚ the life he would leave. His mind pushed everything he loved away and just thought about falling‚ falling‚ falling. The wind in his face‚ the weird feeling in his stomach that he loved‚ and the anticipation of hitting the ground. He started to sway which brought him back to focus‚ but that didn’t keep his mind from wandering off. A couple seconds later‚ he heard a noise
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and there are thirteen men in this room.’ Spencer laughed. Other diners joined in‚ glad for the relief the laughter provided. ’You can’t frighten me‚’ Spencer shouted. ’I’m not superstitious.’ (Page 159)The wind grew so strong it planed the sea. ’The surface of the water was almost flat. The wind beat it down so that there was not even a suspicion of a There was no doubt that there was a storm in Cuba. According to the "Law of Storms‚" all tropical systems would turn north and head up the Atlantic
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3. As the resonance of the wind was equal to the resonance of the bridge‚ the bridge began to oscillate. Which was also one of the main reason for the collapse. (Billah & Scanlan ‚ 1990) 4. Also contributing to the collapse of the bridge was torsional motion which induced "vortex shedding" in the bridge’s main span. Vortex shedding occurred in the Bridge as follows R.F: 4.1 Since there was nothing through which the wind could pass straight through. So the wind would get separated as it struck
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environment ‚ it meant they were starting to get accustomed to the land‚ as if the land possessed power of its on. In this piece of imagery one can clearly see that the atmosphere is influential because it says “Wind blew as if to flake away their identities” (3). This represents that as the wind blew and the longer they were a habitant on Mars the more their identities disintegrated. Which brings me to my next point; it exemplifies Harrys disrespect for the land “power” of the land. When Harry called
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Article 1 Wind of Change Change having a consistency since the beginning‚ the beginning of time. First‚ the big bang‚ then our forefathers‚ then the apple and now the apple again. Now the kinds of changes; passing of the years brought about the change of man from ape‚ wood age to the current age of technology and speed. Now to speak about the constant‚ the social change‚ Satyagraha‚ force-love and force-truth. Changing the physiology from resistance and non-violence to patience and
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finally escaped the tornado‚ he fell to the ground. However‚ the winds were still coming after him. Ekon started to run in circles extremely fast which created his own sort of tunnel wind storm. As Anvindr storm came closer‚ it was not able to reach Ekon due to the counteracting wind forces he was pushing against it. The original tornado started to change directions and head back straight toward the giant. Anvindr was picked up by the high winds began to be tossed around inside the storm. Ekon thought about
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30th of August 2005. This Hurricane affected most of eastern north america (MEDC)w and was a category 5 hurricane‚ the winds got up to 175 mph (sustained over 1 min) Cyclone Nargis formed on the 27th of april 2008 and dissipated on 3rd of may 2008‚ the Cyclone affected areas such as Bangladesh Burma‚ India and Sri Lanka‚ these are LEDCS. The cycle was a Category 4 storm of winds up to 135 mph (sustained over 1 min). America is an MEDC and Burma is an LEDC. Both countries were hit with a severe
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the article to give the reader as much information as possible whilst still containing the sense of disaster e.g. “The tropical storm saw winds of up to 170mph” this is followed by‚ “that sent waves crashing…” This gives the fact more power and influence than if it was just in its own because it gives in more meaning and shows the consequences of the terrific winds. Source three‚ on the other hand‚ uses descriptive language because its purpose is to entertain as well as to inform. Therefore the writer
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