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These battery-powered headlamps are another essential for winter storm prep and possible power outages. Their 180-degree illumination makes navigating dark spaces a breeze and they can even ...
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More than 220 million people across the United States are facing dangerous cold that will also open the door for a potentially historic and crippling winter storm that could deliver snow as far ...
An unusual application of magnesium torches as an illumination source while wakeskating in 1930. All-weather emergency lighting; Carrying the Olympic Flame from 1930 to at least 1984 [1] Underwater light source (obsolete) from the 1950s to the early 1970s. Photographic illumination (historical), using a somewhat different form of torch. [5]
The upper portion contains a slit that allows the flame to withstand any weather condition. The lower portion is bent polish steel to represent ripples of the Seine and the water. The torch is made from recycled steel. When lit, it is design to resemble a champagne foam after a cork was popped out (this is a reference to France's wine culture).
City of Austin and Travis County officials estimated that the winter storm caused at least $195 billion in damage in Texas, making the winter storm the single-costliest natural disaster in the history of Texas and the United States as a whole. [21] Some insurance firms had estimated a damage total of between 195 and 295 billion dollars. [47] [48]
Around the Gulf Coast, where harsh winter conditions are rare, a combination of Arctic air and a low pressure system could result in a "historic snowfall," the weather service said.
The Redlands district had 462,000 orchard heaters for the winter of 1932–33, reported P. E. Simpson, of the supply department of the California Fruit Growers Exchange, requiring 3,693,000 gallons of oil for a single refilling, or about 330 tank car loads. To fill all of the smudge pots in Southern California one time required 2,000 car loads.