...? Where are you going?” ---- “There seems to be a wind picking up, down about 5 blocks from us, and it’s creating havoc with that black bird balloon.” “It looks like the bird is ready to take flight! Downdrafts from these buildings can make these balloons go out of control, and it takes quite a crew to hang on to them. My notes say the bird is from ‘Thrush‘ - that must be a new TV show, on another...
... would keep the peace, i.e., rule out strikes, even though both sides must have realized that the amount being paid to workers was unsustainable, particularly if the industry hit any downdrafts — which happened with increasingfrequency starting with the 1973 OPEC oil embargo. Just as embarrassing was the colossal ineptitude of the big car companies: Ugly, low-quality cars with shameful gas ...
... Water dripped from holes in the ceiling, droplets splattering odd shaped patterns across the maps and photos John was trying to memorize. The heavy canvas banged on the tent poles under heavy downdrafts and if it didn’t let up soon, flooding would uproot the tent stakes completely. He burned the image of Geelvink Bay into his brain, tracinga few of the more promising landing ...
I haven't updated in a long time, so if anybody reads this still, cool. I don't fancy myself a poet. But I'm starting to love the medium. I wrote this for Creative Writing. Unedited thus far. --------------------- The inky veil of the sky Punctured by countless pinholes of light Cold breeze Bites at the skin, And a tart wave of prickling bumps Pop up across it As I look at the ...
... likely to lose unopened buds right when you take the plant home. Ideally, the first few days in your home should be gentle ones. Do not expose the plant to direct sunlight, cold drafts or downdrafts from your vents, or get carried away with watering. This is counterintuitive to many people, but it's usually better to let an orchid dry out somewhat than drown. These plants like high humidity and...
..."hurry up and wait" when a disaster is looming. I have no idea how to judge risk here, either... there is at least one canyon between me and the fire, but there are rumors that there will be downdrafts in the canyons today, so if it spreads to the canyon where my house is, we could be in trouble... No one seems to be working on fire lines in my immediate neighborhood, which may be a good sign,...
... technique to handling an airship. Ruori could feel that the thirty men he had put aboard this one were sailing it as awkwardly as possible. An experienced Sky Man would know what sort of thermals and downdrafts to expect just from a glance at land or water below; he could estimate the level at which a desired breeze was blowing and rise or fall smoothly; he could even beat to windward though it ...
... on for a long time and the smoothness of their flight cast him into a peaceful meditation. After a while, the strange jet took off, leaving the...girl...alien...thing...whatever she was, surfing the downdrafts as she headed toward the trailer. Justin struggled to his feet, taking several steps backward as the jet melted into a naked human girl right in front of him. She smiled at him again and ...
.... I've had a hell of a time keeping him from convoying you. He'd like to be in on the attack too. "But our planes have a flight ceiling of only 3660 meters. That makes them too susceptible to downdrafts over those mountains. Anyway they'd have to carry an extra fuel tank to get back. " Lothar's voice cut in. "I told him you could spare enough fuel from your ship Greystock. We could fly back. " "...
Middle of a mountain range with cliffs and downdrafts to contend with was tricky business in any case. In the teeth of a storm like this one it would be extremely dangerous. BehindBlack Moclips at least a dozen of the enemy airships continued to give chase. He had thought he might lose them with the approach of the storm but he had been wrong. Since yesterday morning he had tried everything to ...
