In a moment the big wind struck us, just such a wind as struck Roscoe and the girls out by the brick kiln, and we fifty feet up in the air on a four-foot platform!
When wind strikes such an immobile object, turbulence is created as the forward-moving wind is re-routed to the side.
Should a second wind strike, there are several dance clubs in the entertainment complex, including Alcatraz, a popular nightclub for well-heeled club kids.
The baffling panels are not yet enclosed or insulated, and as long as they are open to the elements, the city said, they will whistle when the wind strikes them from certain angles.
A26 NEW YORK/REGION B1-10 BAccidentccident Hurts 2 At Thanksgiving Parade A giant balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, swinging out of control in sudden bursts of wind, struck a light pole in Times Square.
Wet snow blows in from the east, and then after a day or so, the weather pivots and a hard wind strikes up from the west, gusting from its heels.
And the movie's conclusion, brazenly throwing realism to the wind, strikes a note of buoyant determination that seems, after the muddle that has preceded it, not so much refreshing as absurd.
When the wind strikes the blade surfaces of the model, two components of drag force are generated on each blade surface.
If a gust of wind strikes a fruit fly in midair, it doesn't tumble to the ground; it speedily adjusts and moves on like nothing happened.
The simplest type of vertical-axis wind turbine is the Savonius rotor, the operation of which depends on the difference in drag force when the wind strikes either the convex or concave part of its semi-cylindrical blades.
