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  2. How to protect your home before, during and after a storm - AOL

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    There are a number of steps you can take to protect your property. These include: Securing loose objects outside a property such as bins, ladders, trampolines and outdoor games, garden furniture ...

  3. Kevlar KM2 - Wikipedia

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    The fiber is an evolution of the original Kevlar fiber. The following quotes summarize Kevlar KM2's properties. "DuPont created Kevlar KM2 to achieve the performance goals defined by casualty reduction testing for the United States Department of Defense. Today it is used extensively for fragmentation protection in the U.S. military. Helmets and ...

  4. Window screen - Wikipedia

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    A window screen (also known as insect screen, bug screen, fly screen, flywire, wire mesh, or window net) is designed to cover the opening of a window. It is usually a mesh made of metal, fibreglass , plastic wire, or other pieces of plastic and stretched in a frame of wood or metal.

  5. List of lightning phenomena - Wikipedia

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    Sheet lightning is cloud-to-cloud lightning that exhibits a diffuse brightening of the surface of a cloud, caused by the actual discharge path being hidden or too far away. The lightning itself cannot be seen by the spectator, so it appears as only a flash, or a sheet of light. The lightning may be too far away to discern individual flashes.

  6. Kevlar - Wikipedia

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    Kevlar (para-aramid) [2] is a strong, heat-resistant synthetic fiber, related to other aramids such as Nomex and Technora.Developed by Stephanie Kwolek at DuPont in 1965, [3] [2] [4] the high-strength material was first used commercially in the early 1970s as a replacement for steel in racing tires.

  7. Lightning-prediction system - Wikipedia

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    A lightning prediction system is a type of lightning detection equipment that determines when atmospheric conditions likely to produce lightning strikes and sounds an alarm, warning those nearby that lightning is imminent and giving them the chance to find safety before the storm arrives in the area. Lightning protection systems are often ...

  8. Lightning detector - Wikipedia

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    In the late stages of a storm the CG flash activity subsides and the storm may appear to have ended—but generally there still is IC activity going on in the residue mid-altitude and higher cirrus anvil clouds, so the potential for CG lightning still exists. Storm intensity quantification: Another advantage of IC detection is that the flash ...

  9. Hurricane-proof building - Wikipedia

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    Windows can be constructed with plastic panes, shatterproof glass, or glass with protective membranes. The panes are often more firmly attached than normal window panes, including using screws or bolts through the edges of larger panes. Concrete anchor screws are used to secure windows to the concrete structure surrounding them.