The final decision was with the weather: twisted by the seas, on November 19th the ship, watched by a Spanish frigate as well, broke in two and went down, leaking more oil but even so taking maybe nine-tenths of its cargo to the bottom.
The animation above, Formations by Syntfarm with sound by Brian O'Reilly, let's you pretend, for a few moments, that you're floating god-like above the earth looking down at the cloud formations and weather patterns twisting and twirling before your eyes.
Historically, though, they're inseparable: the weapons and the weather are twisted together, a wire across time, the long fuse to an ongoing debate about the credibility of science, the fate of the Earth, and the nature of uncertainty.
Back within the tightly drawn city streets, the weather was clearly twisting city life out of shape.
A world away from a Doric-columned establishment institution, exceptionally family-friendly, with an open feel almost like an indoor play park, the Turbine's most successful installations have been the ones which not only worked within its space but actively engaged with its audience: Olafur Eliasson's Weather Project or Carson Holler's twisting slide.
An IPL-style competition in England would have required the junking of an existing century-old system, twisting of some untwistable arms, recalibrating the weather and generally taking a massive gamble on future revenue streams.
(Of course, there is no such evidence with respect to Obama and Weather Underground-ism, either, but that didn't stop Hillary from twisting that particular knife).
Cyclists tilt up the twisting mountain roads and experienced European triathletes undertake warm-weather training during winter.
At times quite steep and/or twisting, Highway 1 can be difficult to navigate (particularly in foggy weather), but if affords some of the best views of the Pacific Ocean in the world.
There is also a small kitchen, a living room with a wood-burning stove, a bedroom reached via a twisting stone staircase, and a pretty walled garden for al fresco dining in warmer weather.
