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BARK is an Oregon, United States, non-profit organization that was created to combat logging, clear-cutting, deforestation and projects members say cause "commercial destruction" [1] in Oregon forests, specifically those of the Mt. Hood National Forest.
High winds and blowing dust were reported throughout central California on November 29, 1991, both in the San Joaquin Valley and the Salinas Valley.A weather station at Naval Air Station Lemoore, the closest one to the crash site which tracked wind and visibility statistics, measured wind gusts up to 21.6 metres per second (48 mph; 78 km/h) and visibility as low as 0.5 kilometers (0.31 mi).
The re-christened Arago sank at the same location. Steam schooner: Coos Bay: T.W. Lucas: 24 October 1894: Brig: Port Orford: Bawnmore: 28 August 1895: Steamship: Bandon: Ella Laurena: 18 December 1895: Abandoned by crew during a storm. Found ran aground the next day. Schooner: Coos Bay: Arago: 20 October 1896: Struck bar previously in 1891 at ...
A California motorist was caught in a dust storm in Imperial County on October 6, as the National Weather Service (NWS) issued a blowing dust advisory for the area.This footage shows stationary ...
If dense dust is observed blowing across or approaching a roadway, pull your vehicle off the pavement as far as possible, stop, turn off lights, set the emergency brake, take your foot off of the ...
Swamp coolers were blown off the roofs of buildings. Windows were shattering and store signs were blowing in the wind. It was described as if a twister was unrolled and blew up the valley in a sheet. Farther north in the valley, Fresno was having typical December rain. When the dust reached the rain, it turned into mud. It fell in sheets from ...
Barkdust is often spread with a bark blower, a machine consisting of a supply of barkdust, a blower, and a long flexible tube which "sprays" the barkdust over the intended area. Use of a bark blower often results in a more consistent application of barkdust than spreading it by hand, as well as being much faster. [citation needed]
The World Forestry Center is a nonprofit educational institution in Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. Located near the Oregon Zoo in Washington Park, the organization was established in 1964 [citation needed] as the Western Forestry Center, with the actual building opening in 1971. [1] [2]