Word: thunderstormed
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...possible culprit. Abrupt wind shifts were responsible for the last major crash of a U.S. carrier, a Delta Air Lines Lockheed L-1011 jet in Dallas on Aug. 2, 1985. In Detroit, Flight 255 had been rerouted to another runway to avoid a gust of wind from a distant thunderstorm. Still another hypothesis concerned the baggage loading: investigators examined the possibility that too much cargo may have been placed toward the rear of the aircraft, tipping the center of gravity aft and causing the plane to go out of control...
...defender of the faith and the stoic keeper of the hearth and appearances. Joe Jr., killed during World War II on a near suicidal bombing mission, was the pick of the litter. Vivacious Kathleen ("Kick") died in 1948 with her foolish lover when he insisted on flying through a thunderstorm. But they, and even the quick- witted future President, are overshadowed by the powerful father figure...
...well like my parents were driving up in Vermont, and there was like this really heavy thunderstorm, and there was like this, you know huge truck full of chickens coming the other way, and like WHAM...
...thunderstorm...
...never rained over the harbor. The ground was dry and dusty, but the air was always humid, hot, and oppressive. It was almost too easy to draw a metaphorical relation between the politics of the place and its weather. How much subtle tension, a brooding, pre-thunderstorm atmosphere can such a small area take...