Finally, the approaching storm comes within range of a radar network stretching from Texas to Maine, and from Miami to the Lesser Antilles. Through the lifetime of the hurricane, advisories from the NHC warning give the storm's position and what the fore-casters in Miami expect the storm to...
John, Rick, and I stopped at the Burger King in Northport, across the Black Warrior River from Tuscaloosa just after Noon. The temperature was 20-25 degrees warmer than what we experienced near Tupelo. It was now up to the lower 80’s here! The air was very humid and turbulent. As w...
oak, and ash are common in the middle sector; and birch and aspen are the subdominants in the north. This coastal forest is one of the continent’s chief sources of construction timber. It also is a major source of pulp and paper and a home for large numbers of red deer and mountain...
as well as the formerly widespreadoakforests. Grasslands that once bordered the city are now largely covered byprickly pearcactus as well as by a drought-resistant scrub tree known aspirulorpiru, the Peruvian pepper tree; this was introduced during the colonial period and became an aggressive col...
Indeed, a concrete structure can suffer damages such as surface spalling caused by its exposure to freeze/thaw in the presence of moisture, deicing salts, insufficient entrained air or an inadequate air bubble network. To resist freezing/thawing, it is necessary to increase the volume of air ...