Word: thunderstormed
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...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...
...indeed intend to appoint Arnold Harberger. Harberger tells us that he will not come to Harvard "under a cloud." We write to urge every student, faculty member, and other employees of the University who have any decency and self-respect to help turn the cloud into a full scale thunderstorm...
...recent years Brant, who teaches at Bennington College in Vermont, has sought wider spaces for his music than concert halls afford by going outdoors. In 1972 his The Immortal Conflict positioned instrumental groups on various balconies and plazas at Manhattan's Lincoln Center. Traffic noise and a thunderstorm made the results "ludicrous," Brant admits. Undaunted, he merely drew the moral that any bold experimenter would have. "The thunderclap," he says, "showed me the scale that sound would have to be on to be heard...