Word: weatherize
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...Hurricane Isabel, it was the predictable rush by storm reporters to give viewers an up-close look at the storm by donning slickers and braving the gales. The you-are-there prize went to NBC's BRIAN WILLIAMS, who was literally blown out of a shot, along with the Weather Channel's Mike Seidel. Williams noted, "I can just hear the folks at home saying, 'They got what they deserved...
...showing no signs of life. Even so, hope persisted. To demonstrate that a Mariner flyby at a distance of thousands of miles might completely overlook a thriving civilization, a young and still unknown Carl Sagan that same year sifted through a thousand pictures of Earth shot by a weather satellite orbiting only 480 kilometers up. In a paper entitled Is There Life on Earth? he reported that only one photograph, of a snow-covered superhighway cutting a straight line through a forest, showed any evidence of man's presence on this planet...
...Harvard women’s and coed sailing teams took advantage of the good weather this weekend to dominate the New England Singlehanded Championships at MIT and the New England Singlehanded Elims at Dartmouth, respectively...
Although Sunday’s weather was overcast with light rain and winds up to eight mph, the Harvard women were not slowed in their race...
...Mazza says that he is neither the quintessential football player nor the aloof model type. At home, he enjoys reading and participating in his youth group, and (weather permitting) launching water balloons at unsuspecting golfers at a nearby golf course. Additionally, he is active in the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program. He plans to continue modeling in New York and Los Angeles whenever he can manage. Football, however, will take priority over flashbulbs for the time being. “I prefer football ten to one,” he says...