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Are there weather conditions on Earth where winds could 'blow someone over'? [closed]
Q: How fast does the wind have to be in order to "blow a person away" and not just knock them over? Is there a specific formula for this?
A: There is no specific formula to determine at what ...
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Are slick bicycle tires more slippery in the wet?
I always assumed slick (tread-less) tires were more prone to loss of traction in the wet. That is until I read this answer on the bicycles SE which claims that bicycle tires are too thin, round and ...
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Is watering plants under a hot sun bad?
A couple of people have told me that it's a bad for plants to be watered in the middle of a sunny day, i.e. it's not just that you waste more water due to evaporation, but that there are actually bad ...
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Does the Mount Washington wind speed record have scientific validity?
A record wind gust of 231 miles/hour was recorded in 1934, according to http://www.mountwashington.org/about/visitor/recordwind.php
Wind speeds of this magnitude are commonly known to damage or ...
