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403 Forbidden Winds howled, lightning struck and heavy rain poured as the storm rushed in full force, leaving downed trees and debris in roadways and cutting off power to thousands of homes. A utility pole on Swedesboro Road in Gibbstown was split in half from a severe thunderstorm Tuesday, June 23, 2015.
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- Wind energy. Modern wind turbines are increasingly exposed to lightning as the total height and complexity is reaching new levels and new wind turbines are erected on more extreme sites. GLPS has made it key to service the global wind power industry with professional lightning products and services. Buildings & plants Modern and preserved buildings, military installation and complex production plants are all susceptible to direct lightning strikes and indirect effects. GLPS has a specialized team of technicians, who are trained and experienced in protecting buildings and installations against lightning. Aerospace Aerospace vehicles are complex in design, functionality and construction. GLPS is specialized in advanced numerical modelling and large scale laboratory testing to verify the direct effects of lightning in accordance with relevant international aircraft test standards.
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- While increased precipitation can replenish water supplies and support agriculture, intense storms can damage property, cause loss of life and population displacement, and temporarily disrupt essential services such as transportation, telecommunications, energy, and water supplies.
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All You Need to Know About Generators But when a major storm knocks out electricity for days, life without a generator can become real bleak, real fast. Food spoils, mold grows, and basements prone to flooding are robbed of their working sump pump and begin to take on water. Extended power outages in the winter can be even more dangerous.
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- Also, structural components (such as windows) are typically weaker than those in site-built homes. 70 mile per hour (113 kilometers per hour) winds can destroy a mobile home in a matter of minutes. Many brands offer optional hurricane straps, which can be used to tie the home to anchors embedded in the ground.
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High winds blow down trees, knock out power (Photo by Matt Miller/KTOO). Wind gusts of between 65 and 90 mph may have caused at least four different power outages in Juneau since Thursday. The first occurred along Thane Road when a big tree fell, knocking over two spans of line.
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Power outage 1 Brownouts can cause poor performance of equipment or even incorrect operation. 2  A blackout is the total loss of power to an area and is the most severe form of power outage that can occur. 3  Blackouts which result from or result in power stations tripping are particularly difficult to recover from quickly.
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- over 75 Mph: Severe and extensive damage. Roofs can be peeled off. Windows broken. Trees uprooted. RVs and small mobile homes overturned. Moving automobiles can be pushed off the roadways. All references to trees are for trees with foliage. Significantly higher winds may be required to cause similar damage to trees without foliage.
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- Usually, the heat released in this way in tropical thunderstorms is carried away by wind shear, which blows the top off the thunderstorms. But when there is little wind shear, this heat can build up, causing low pressure to form. The low pressure causes wind to begin to spiral inward toward the center of the low.n low-lying areas, much of the damage from hurricanes can be from the storm surge, in which water being blown onshore by the high winds rises rapidly. The storm surge can destroy the lower floors of some buildings, or even destroy the foundations of residences causing the homes to wash away.
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- Our immune system is a complicated network of cells, tissues, and organs to keep us healthy and fight off disease and infection. The immune system is composed of two major parts: the innate immune system and the adaptive immune system.Both change as people get older. Studies to better understand these changes may lead to ways of supporting the aging immune system. Innate immunity is our first line of defense.It is made up of barriers and certain cells that keep harmful germs from entering the body. These include our skin, the cough reflex, mucous membranes, and stomach acid.ur immune system is a complicated network of cells, tissues, and organs to keep us healthy and fight off disease and infection. The immune system is composed of two major parts: the innate immune system and the adaptive immune system.
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Tornadoes, hail and wind cause damage across North Dakota Tornadoes, hail and wind cause damage across North Dakota. Erleen Reitenberger sorts through debris in her family room after a large cottonwood tree came crashing down on her home at Hoge Island early Wednesday morning. Reitenberger and her husband, John, have lived in the house north of Bismarck since 2002.
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Make a Thunderstorm Even small thunderstorms are dangerous. Every thunderstorm produces lightning, which kills more people than tornadoes each year. Thunderstorms also cause heavy rain, flash flooding, hail, strong winds and tornadoes. When warm and cold air masses meet, a thunderstorm can grow.
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- SAN FRANCISCO — A ferocious storm system pounded a huge swath of the West Coast with heavy rain, hurricane-force winds and power outages Thursday, causing at least two deaths.In some parts of northern California, the storm produced hurricane-force winds of 78 mph and one gust of 147 mph in the Sierra.AN FRANCISCO — A ferocious storm system pounded a huge swath of the West Coast with heavy rain, hurricane-force winds and power outages Thursday, causing at least two deaths.
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- 1 Category 1: Winds of 64-82 knots (74-95 mph). 2  Very dangerous winds will produce some damage. 3  Category 2: Winds of 83-95 knots (96-110 mph). 4  Extremely dangerous winds will cause extensive damage.
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From the big breeze to the big freeze: After hurricane-force gusts destroy wind turbines Britain braces itself for snow and bitter cold In one spectacular incident yesterday a 300ft wind turbine exploded in flames as it was buffeted by the high winds. Another wind turbine was completely blown down on Wednesday, raising questions about the ability of wind farms to cope with the weather.
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- Fahrenheit and result in an explosive development of air within the blade. According to the updated National Fire Protection Association handbook, “While. physical blade damage is the most expensive and disruptive damage caused by. lightning, by far the most common is damage to the control system.” Wind turbines.
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- Lightning is a bright flash of electricity produced by a thunderstorm. All thunderstorms produce lightning and are very dangerous. If you hear the sound of thunder, then you are in danger from lightning. Lightning kills and injures more people each year than hurricanes or tornadoes; between 75 to 100 people.
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Average Storm, Wind, and Hail Damage Repair Cost Common Types of Storm Damage. The type of damage to a home will depend on the nature of the storm. Wind damage may result in damage to the roof, which then allows water to infiltrate the home and cause more extensive interior and exterior damage. Hail may cause broken windows and damaged siding.
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How Climate Change Likely Strengthened Recent Hurricanes The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season has been extremely active, and deadly. Between Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, plus Jose, thousands of structures have been destroyed and many people have been killed, injured, or displaced. Hurricane Harvey's deadly cocktail of wind and moisture hit America's fourth-largest city with a ferocity that Texas has never seen. And while scientists maintain that no single weather event can be attributed to climate change, two centuries of human fossil-fuel burning has altered temperatures just enough to almost certainly make this particular storm worse.
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- One major cause of hurricane damage is storm surge. Storm surge is the rising of the sea level due to the low pressure, high winds, and high waves associated with a hurricane as it makes landfall. The storm surge can cause significant flooding and cost people their lives if they're caught unexpected. Storm surge can be understood by looking at the video below.
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- Anything electronic in your home is susceptible to damage from a lightning strike. The surge of power through the wiring can destroy computers, televisions, and other electronics. And it can also damage electrical appliances such as refrigerators. A strike doesn’t have to contact your home directly to cause damage.
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Severe Weather 101 By definition, if the swath of wind damage extends for more than 250 miles (about 400 kilometers), includes wind gusts of at least 58 mph (93 km/h) along most of its length, and also includes several, well-separated 75 mph (121 km/h) or greater gusts, then the event may be classified as a derecho.
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- The biggest problem with large-scale wind-powered electricity generation is the grid. A home system can work well because the fluctuating output (even in the windiest places it is highly variable) can be regulated by batteries, and another source (the grid or a gas-powered generator) is tied in to kick in when need be.
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- Ice. Ice storms create a buildup of ice on power lines and on trees. The weight of the ice can cause tree limbs and entire trees to fall onto power lines-knocking the lines and poles down and breaking them, or knocking the lines onto each other, causing an outage.uring severe weather, such as hurricanes, tornadoes or ice storms, trees may be uprooted and fall onto the power lines, knocking down miles of power lines and poles. In these instances, we have to completely rebuild the electrical line.
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Four Major Kinds Of Storms: Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, Hurric A hurricane beings over warm ocean water as a low-pressure area, or tropical disturbance. A hurricane draws its energy from the warm, humid air at the ocean's surface. As this air rises and forms clouds, more air is drawn into the system. As with storms systems, winds spiral inward toward the area of low-pressure. Inside the storm are bands of very high winds and heavy rains. Why are hurricanes dangerous? The Result is a storm surge, a dome of water that sweeps across the coast where hurricanes lands. Storm Surges can cause great damage, washing away beaches, destroying buildings along the coast, and eroding the coastlines.
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What causes power outages? Public damage. Damage by vehicle accidents or construction equipment can cause broken utility poles, downed power lines and equipment damage. Outages can be extended and affect a large number of customers. It is important to keep electric safety in mind if you are involved in a vehicle crash around power lines.