These not only permit the interior of the museum to be as transparent and as free from structural intrusion as possible, but, in the event of an earthquake, should allow the building to sway safely like a ship weathering a storm at sea.
The ship weathered the storm, and managed to reach Scotland to complete its mission by September 26.
In a maritime navigational scenario, for example, the situational picture would include other ships, weather, wind, depth, buoy locations and heading.
Despite the loss of designated weather ships, weather observations from ships continue from a fleet of voluntary merchant vessels in routine commercial operation, whose number has decreased since 1985.
The typhoon delayed the task force for only a day, as the ships weathered the fringes of the storm at Subic Bay before again getting underway soon thereafter.
Three cruise ships weathered the storm at Saint George Harbour, where the powerful winds ripped out a post and snapped a mooring line, leaving a ship drifting in the harbor.
The rigs were sent to Asia for repairs after a series of ship groundings, weather delays and environmental and safety violations during last summer's drilling operations.
Shell was forced to remove its two drilling rigs from the area and send them to Asia for repairs after a series of ship groundings, weather delays and environmental and safety violations during the 2012 drilling season.
The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won.
As they sailed on, Darwin took note of the records of sea temperature kept in the ship's "Weather Journal".
