...tide and floated swiftly toward the bottleneck. That tide collided with undercurrents flowing the opposite way, creating whirlpools as big around as a hula hoop that spun on both sides of the boat. An iceberg caught in an eddy twirled like the ballerina...
...2013 in Fort Smith, Arkansas. She was born July 5, 1948 in Fort Smith to Virgil and Faye Russell. She was retired from Whirlpool, a lifetime member of Oak Grove Baptist Church, and attended Hope Center in Van Buren, Arkansas. In addition to her father...
...But tides are an issue. During extreme tides the currents in Sergius Narrows get up to 6 knots, creating unpredictable whirlpools. ``The currents boil through there. It's like boiling water on your stove and there's no straight vectors,'' Meyers...
...But tides are an issue. During extreme tides the currents in Sergius Narrows get up to 6 knots, creating unpredictable whirlpools. ``The currents boil through there. It's like boiling water on your stove and there's no straight vectors,'' Meyers...
...division. The reef balls are hollow so small fish can use them to hide from larger fish. They have holes that create mini-whirlpools to help mix the water column, and are thick on the bottom and thin at the top so they won't tip in stormy seas. A rough...
...blades of grass in their cupped hands, only the wind never runs out of breath. It blows six wires at once, while making whirlpools of loose snow. The walk from the cafeteria building to my dorm, which I made so blithely an hour before, was now a determined...
...Passage raging out of South Inian Pass at once. I imagined a concoction of ocean swells, undertows, countercurrents and whirlpools with us in the middle. Our plan was to go through the pass at slack tide, the short period of time when there is no tidal...
...Passage raging out of South Inian Pass at once. I imagined a concoction of ocean swells, undertows, countercurrents and whirlpools with us in the middle. Our plan was to go through the pass at slack tide, the short period of time when there is no tidal...
...Anchorage teenager who tumbled off an embankment into a river whirlpool. Trooper spokeswoman Beth Ipsen says the body of 18-year-old...he fell into the Little Oshetna River and was sucked into a whirlpool at the base of a waterfall. Reed's friends jumped in to...
...ducks. You may spot them on ponds. They have a special trick of spinning rapidly in tight circles, creating a miniature whirlpool that pulls bits of food up to the surface where the bird can daintily pluck them from the water. Oddly, it seems that individuals...
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