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91Capitan Gap fire — The Capitan Gap Fire was a human caused forest fire that broke out in Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico in the Capitan mountain range in 1950. The fire devastated 17,000 acres (69 km²).While a 24 man firefighting crew desperately dug firebreaks …
92Proa — A proa or prau is a type of multihull sailing vessel. While the word proa just means boat in its native language, the term proa in Western languages has come to describe a vessel consisting of two (usually) unequal length parallel hulls, sailed… …
93climate — /kluy mit/, n. 1. the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years. 2. a region or… …
94Sailing ballast — Ballast is used in sailboats to provide moment to resist the lateral forces on the sail. Insufficiently ballasted boats will tend to tip, or heel, excessively in high winds. Too much heel may result in the boat capsizing. When sailing vessels… …
95Tack (sailing) — Tack is a term used in sailing that has different meanings in different contexts. ailThe tack is the lower corner of the sail s leading edge. On a sloop rigged sailboat, the mainsail tack is connected to the mast and the boom at the gooseneck. On …
96Precipitation (meteorology) — Long term mean precipitation by month In meteorology, precipitation (also known as one of the classes of hydrometeors, which are atmospheric water phenomena is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under… …
97Maui — For other uses, see Maui (disambiguation). Maui The Valley Isle Landsat satellite image of Maui. The small island to the southwest is Kahoʻolaw …
98Saint Barthélemy — For the Saint, see Bartholomew the Apostle. For other uses, see St. Bartholomew s (disambiguation). Collectivity of Saint Barthélemy Collectivité de Saint Barthélemy …
99Hawaii Pacific University — Infobox University name = Hawaiokinai Pacific University motto = Holomua Me Ka Oiaio (Hawaiian: Forward With Truth) established = 1965 as Hawaiokinai Pacific College, later in 1990 as Hawaiokinai Pacific University type = Private endowment = US… …
100Nu‘uanu Pali — Looking towards the northern Koʻolau Range from the Nuʻuanu Pali overlook. Nuʻuanu Pali is a section of the windward cliff (pali in Hawaiian) of the Koʻolau mountain located at the head of Nuʻuanu Valley …
