Word: thunderstormed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...single in the top of the fifth ended the Unicorns' frustration and moments later miserable weather and an impending thunderstorm ended the game...
...prepare tortillas. Then came an order: "Chicken to the pot." Laughing and tripping over one another, the soldiers finally managed to catch 20 or so chickens around the farmhouse. As night fell, Red Troop arrived; a group of women and children also came to seek protection. A nightlong thunderstorm kept the guerrillas away, but it also obliged the troops not on guard duty, officers and men alike, to sleep on the veranda, with its large population of aggressive fleas...
...solvents. Rain soaking the chlorosilane created a smoky chemical reaction. Fear of an explosion caused city officials to order the area vacated for several hours. Says Vance: "We had a 13-acre keg of dynamite." Firemen rushed to separate the drums. Now, Vance frets, "every time we have a thunderstorm I think, 'My God, don't let lightning hit out there...
...were right. Stalling off Brownsville for several hours on Saturday night, Allen lost much of its punch. Once the hurricane reached land and was no longer fueled by sea moisture, it rapidly subsided. Winds in Brownsville were less than 80 m.p.h. "Now it's just a ferocious little thunderstorm," said a National Weather Service spokesman...
...scientists peer into the very heart of storm systems in which tornadoes are born. Forecasters figure that should allow them to predict, more than 20 minutes in advance, when and where the terrifying funnels will hit the ground. Says Severe Storms Lab Director Edwin Kessler: "We can dissect a thunderstorm just like a warm-blooded animal. We can see air flows in great detail. We can see raindrops as well as flies or bees...