gale force

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On Location in Antarctica
... do today's mariners. Here the Polar Duke is seen plowing through seas in force a 12 gale just south of Cape Horn in the Drake Passage. Preparing food for large numbers ...
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Propagating House Plants
... sex or disability. An Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Organization Committed to a Diverse Work Force Leaflet 290 , July 1999 Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Acts of May 8 ... Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and the U.S. Department of Agriculture cooperating. Gale A. Buchanan, Dean and Director Back to Georgia Extension Service publications
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BEAUFORT SCALE
... BEAUFORT SCALE BEAUFORT SCALE Force Description Wind Speed Possible Effects 0 Calm 0 km/h Chimney smoke rises straight up ... km/h Large branches move 7 Near gale 56 km/h Whole trees sway 8 Gale 68 km/h Difficult to walk into wind 9 Severe gale 81 km/h Branches and slates ...
www.il-st-acad-sci.org

The climate of California and the resulting plant community.
... and ready for invasion by alien species (largely annual grasses). For instance, on Vandenberg Ari Force Base Rainfall is recorded at 14 inches, fog drip adds 24 inches to this. If ... . The climate behind the bush or tree is very pleasant compared to the sandy/salty gale on the other side of the wind-tolerant plant. This wind row may only be ...
www.laspilitas.com

Tao Teh Ching, The Rivenrock version
... fully, and then keep quiet. Be like the forces of nature: a gale seldom blows the whole morning, nor does a downpour last a whole ... the Tao, You will not rule the people by use of force. Even well-intentioned aggression has a way of returning to oneself. ... energy, effort and life. It is like pushing back without using force. Its semblance is that of engaging the enemy without actually invading them ...
www.rivenrock.com

Field Guide: Tofino, BC
... challenges as well -- exposure to air and desiccation, predation and competition, the crushing and shearing force of the surf. These mudflats are a particular type of intertidal environment -- the estuary. ... , thousands of shorebirds settle onto the Tofino mudflats to wait for the next southeasterly gale. There are whimbrels and godwits. There are dunlins and black bellied plovers. There are ...
www.tofinobotanicalgardens.com