In San Francisco, California, a volunteer organization called the Urban Wind Task Force has distributed 27 wind-monitoring stations throughout the city to survey sites for potential turbine installations.

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"Wind measuring Force 12 from the southwest!"

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For the Democrats to retake the House, they must either reverse this polarity in the South or they must ride a wind of similar force in other parts of the country.

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The BPA continues to express concerns that wind operators will force it to reserve a greater percentage of its hydro generation as backup reserves and could ultimately compromise operations if too much water builds up.

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In some areas where the constraints are especially acute like Oregon and Washington State, the lack of spare transmission capacity could force wind farms that have already been built to shut down on a rolling basis in the near future.

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Police and the Highways Agency are continuing to monitor wind speeds, which could force the closure of the Sheppey Crossing in the north of the county.

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Rather, it is a force, a prevailing wind blowing mankind into the next millennium.

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Even the force of a hurricane, which at least has a long wind up and warning time, can't match the explosive and random fury of a tornado's touchdown and destruction.

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The centrifugal force required to compress the air is too great for small wind turbines to cope with, so much larger turbines will have to be installed for the project to realize its goals.

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No matter how hard the wind was blowing, she kept flying, she kept struggling to fly, and it was Karen who was the force forward.

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