En abril de 1997 el río Red del Norte (Red River of the North) alcanzó una cresta récord en Grand Forks, Dakota del Norte, más de cinco pies por encima de la cifra de 49 pies que el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (National Weather Service, NWS) había emitido como perspectiva de [...]
In April 1997 the Red River of the North reached a record crest at Grand Forks, North Dakota, more than five feet above the 49-foot figure the National Weather Service had issued as a spring outlook in February. The dikes were overtopped, and most of Grand Forks and nearly all [...]
En mayo de 1919 la Armada de los Estados Unidos envió tres hidrocanoas Curtiss desde Nueva York hacia Europa. A lo largo de la ruta oceánica destacó una línea de buques de guerra para marcar el camino, reportar el paso de las aeronaves y recoger a quien cayera al agua. [...]
In May 1919 the US Navy sent three Curtiss flying boats from New York toward Europe. Along the ocean route it stationed a line of warships to mark the way, report the aircraft as they passed, and pick up anyone who came down. Only NC-4 reached Lisbon, and it crossed [...]
En abril de 1979, esporas de ántrax (anthrax) escaparon de una instalación militar soviética en Sverdlovsk, hoy Ekaterimburgo, y las personas que habían estado a favor del viento comenzaron a morir de ántrax por inhalación (inhalation anthrax). Las autoridades soviéticas culparon a la carne... [...]
In April 1979, anthrax spores escaped from a Soviet military facility in Sverdlovsk, now Yekaterinburg, and people who had been downwind began to die of inhalation anthrax. Soviet authorities blamed contaminated meat. That explanation was false, and officials maintained it for thirteen years. A... [...]
Durante la mayor parte del siglo XX, un barco en alta mar se comunicaba con tierra a través de estaciones de radio en la costa. En Estados Unidos casi todas pertenecían a empresas privadas como RCA y Mackay Radio, mientras que la Guardia Costera mantenía su propia guardia de escucha [...]
For most of the twentieth century, a ship at sea reached land through shore-based radio stations. In the United States most of them were run by private companies such as RCA and Mackay Radio, while the Coast Guard kept its own watch for distress. Operators exchanged paid telegrams, position... [...]
En el verano de 1988, el fuego quemó cerca de 793.880 acres del Parque Nacional Yellowstone, aproximadamente el 36 por ciento del parque según las cifras del propio Servicio de Parques Nacionales (National Park Service), además de una gran extensión de los bosques nacionales que lo rodean. La... [...]
In the summer of 1988, fire burned about 793,880 acres of Yellowstone National Park, roughly 36 percent of the park by the National Park Service's own figures, and a large area of the national forests around it. The popular explanation is that the park simply let the fires burn. That [...]
