Word: airport
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Suddenly the project took on a new urgency. The researchers concluded that the surge from a Category 4 storm would put John F. Kennedy International Airport under 20 ft. of water. Seawater would pour through the Holland and Brooklyn-Battery tunnels and into the city's subways throughout lower Manhattan. The flooding would be especially disastrous if people seeking to escape torrential rains and falling debris were to take shelter in subway stations. The report didn't estimate casualties, but observed that storms "that would present low to moderate hazards in other regions of the country could result in heavy...
...There were no survivors. Among the dead were 137 Americans. Beyond that, details get sketchy: The pilot reported smoke in the cockpit less than an hour after taking off from JFK; the plane dumped fuel over Novia Scotia and seemed to be preparing for an emergency landing at Halifax airport; it plunged into the ocean shortly after 9:30 p.m. EDT. Swissair quickly ruled out the possibility of a terrorist attack...
...crash in nearly 20 years. The downed plane was seven years old, a mere babe in industry terms. "This was a descendant of the DC-10," says TIME aviation expert Jerry Hannifin, "and a hell of a reliable stable airplane." Nevertheless, there was one incident last year at Newark Airport in which a Federal Express-owned MD-11 crashed on landing. That investigation is ongoing. Now the NTSB has another, greater mystery on its hands...
...woos" and "yips" have replaced laughter at shows--was classic Seinfeld: gently humorous observations. Then comedy leapfrog. A few comments about death segued into a bit on how the closest equivalent we have to royalty in America is the people who get to ride in electric carts at the airport. By the time the nearly hour-long set ended abruptly with an orgasm gag, he had covered such disparate subjects as answering machines, the irrational fear of rain, annoying hairs in the shower and of course dating ("a job interview that lasts all night...
...Total number of strip searches conducted by customs officials at Chicago's O'Hare Airport last year...