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  2. Windbreak - Wikipedia

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    The poles are then hammered into the ground and a windbreak is formed. Windbreaks or "wind fences" are used to reduce wind speeds over erodible areas such as open fields, industrial stockpiles, and dusty industrial operations. As erosion is proportional to wind speed cubed, a reduction of wind speed of 1/2 (for example) will reduce erosion by ...

  3. Hail cannon - Wikipedia

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    Hail cannon in 2007 Hail cannons in 1901 Hail cannon in Banská Štiavnica Old Castle (Slovakia). Probably designed by Julius Sokol. A hail cannon is a shock wave generator claimed to disrupt the formation of hailstones in the atmosphere.

  4. Downburst - Wikipedia

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    A record-breaking wind gust of 97 mph (156 km/h) was observed at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, surpassing the previous record of 82 mph (132 km/h) recorded during Hurricane Ike in 2008. [45] The aftermath left approximately 324,000 customers without power and caused extensive damage to CenterPoint Energy's equipment and infrastructure. [46]

  5. Flatulence - Wikipedia

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    Medical condition Flatulence Other names Farting, breaking wind, passing gas, cutting the cheese, cutting one loose, ripping one, tooting Specialty Gastroenterology Flatulence is the expulsion of gas from the intestines via the anus, commonly referred to as farting. "Flatus" is the medical word for gas generated in the stomach or bowels. A proportion of intestinal gas may be swallowed ...

  6. Hurricane-proof building - Wikipedia

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    Wind on the roof surfaces can cause negative pressures that create a lifting force sufficient to lift the roof off the building. Once this occurs, the building is weakened considerably, and the rest will likely fail as well. To minimize this vulnerability, the upper structure ought to be anchored through the walls to the foundation.

  7. The Life-Changing Hack for Defrosting Your Windshield - AOL

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    "Most windshield wiper fluid is usually freeze-proof down to low temps when in larger quantities, but when you put it into a small spray bottle, it is possible for it to freeze inside the smaller ...

  8. Parrot Can't Stop and Won't Stop Singing Earth, Wind and Fire

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    The hilarious video was shared by the TikTok account for @Kiki.tiel and people can't get enough of this musical bird. One person commented, "You didn’t turn it off, just snoozed it." Another ...

  9. Heaving to - Wikipedia

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    The jib is backed to windward, the mainsail is slightly eased, and the rudder is fixed in an attempt to turn into the wind (which is coming from the top of the diagram). In sailing , heaving to (to heave to and to be hove to ) is a way of slowing a sailing vessel's forward progress, as well as fixing the helm and sail positions so that the ...