Tag: wind chill

Wow, is it cold!
ecthompsonmd March 2, 2014

I’m in Dallas for a one-day seminar. It was 27 degrees when my plane landed. It is now 18 with 20 – 30 mph wind gusts. Man, is it cold. This is weather a Chicagoan would be proud of!! Be careful out there!! (I’m sorry. I’m not watching the Academy Awards. Does that make me a bad person?) From Weather.com: WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CST MONDAY… * LOCATION… AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A GOLDTHWAITE TO WACO TO ATHENS LINE. * WIND CHILL VALUES… WIND CHILL VALUES OF 0 TO -7 DEGREES ARE

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155 passengers survive crash into Hudson
ecthompsonmd January 15, 2009

Some are calling the survival of 155 passengers a miracle. Maybe. I think that a well-trained pilot with a well-trained crew flying a well-designed airplane should be able to safely land a damaged plane. This is why we train. We train for emergencies. I’m glad that everyone is safe. More from NYT: All 150 passengers and 5 crew members aboard a US Airways flight bound for Charlotte, N.C., escaped safely minutes after the plane took off from LaGuardia Airport and then plunged into the icy Hudson River. Moments after the pilot of the plane, a twin jet Airbus A320 bound for Charlotte,

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