query: Where is Tornado Alley?

title: Canada Tornado Alley

text: Canada Tornado Alley The Canadian Tornado Alley(s) is a term describing a tornado-prone region in Canada. In Canada, the word is rarely used when compared to that of the United States where their "Tornado Alley" is largely a media-driven term. Although the official boundaries of the Canadian Tornado Alleys are not clearly defined, its core extends from Central Alberta through Saskatchewan, Southern Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario. A second tornado alley extends from Michigan to Central Ontario and from Central Ontario to Southwestern Quebec. The Canadian Prairies are often considered part of the United States tornado alley. Over the years, the

title: Tornado Alley

text: Tornado Alley Tornado Alley is a colloquial term for the area of the United States (or by some definitions extending into Canada) where tornadoes are most frequent. The term was first used in 1952 as the title of a research project to study severe weather in areas of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado, North Dakota, and Minnesota. It is largely a media-driven term although tornado climatologists distinguish peaks in activity in certain areas and storm chasers have long recognized the Great Plains tornado belt. Although the official boundaries of Tornado Alley are not clearly defined, its

title: Tornado Alley

text: and possibly the number of tornadoes. Tornado Alley Tornado Alley is a colloquial term for the area of the United States (or by some definitions extending into Canada) where tornadoes are most frequent. The term was first used in 1952 as the title of a research project to study severe weather in areas of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado, North Dakota, and Minnesota. It is largely a media-driven term although tornado climatologists distinguish peaks in activity in certain areas and storm chasers have long recognized the Great Plains tornado belt. Although the official boundaries of Tornado

title: Tornado Alley

text: is closely tied with the progression of the warm season when warm and cold air masses often clash. Another criterion for the location of Tornado Alley (or Tornado Alleys) can be where the strongest tornadoes occur more frequently. Tornado Alley can also be defined as an area reaching from central Texas to the Canadian prairies and from eastern Colorado to western Pennsylvania. It has also been asserted that there are numerous Tornado Alleys. In addition to the Texas/Oklahoma/Kansas core, such areas include the Upper Midwest, the lower Ohio Valley, the Tennessee Valley and the lower Mississippi valley. Some studies suggest

title: Tornado Alley

text: Over the years, the location(s) of Tornado Alley have not been clearly defined. No definition of tornado alley has ever been officially designated by the National Weather Service (NWS). Thus, differences in location are the result of the different criteria used. According to the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) FAQ, "Tornado Alley" is a term used by the media as a reference to areas that have higher numbers of tornadoes. A study of 1921–1995 tornadoes concluded almost one-fourth of all significant tornadoes occur in this area. No state is entirely free of tornadoes; however, they occur more frequently in the

title: Tornado Alley

text: that there are also smaller tornado alleys located across the United States. The tornado alleys in the southeastern U.S., notably the lower Mississippi Valley and the upper Tennessee Valley, are sometimes called by the nickname "Dixie Alley", coined in 1971 by Allen Pearson, former director of the National Severe Storms Forecasting Center (NSSFC). In Tornado Alley, warm, humid air from the equator meets cool, dry air from Canada and the Rocky Mountains. This creates an ideal environment for tornadoes to form within developed thunderstorms and super cells. The term "tornado alley" was first used in 1952 by U.S. Air Force

title: Tornado Alley (book)

text: Tornado Alley (book) Tornado Alley is a collection of short stories and one poem by Beat Generation author William S. Burroughs, written during the later years of his career and first published in 1989. The first edition of the book included illustrations by S. Clay Wilson. Notable pieces in the collection include the poem "Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, 1986" and the crime melodrama "Where He Was Going", both of which are read by Burroughs on his album "Dead City Radio". According to Burroughs in his spoken introduction to "Where He Was Going" on the album, the latter was inspired by

title: Canada Tornado Alley

text: location(s) of the Canadian Tornado Alley(s) have been better defined. No complete definition of Canadian Tornado Alley has ever been officially designated and announced by the Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). According to the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) FAQ, "Tornado Alley" is a term used by the media as a reference to areas that have higher numbers of tornadoes. Technically speaking, no province or territory is entirely free of tornadoes; however, they occur more frequently in the Central Canada and Southern Canada, between the Rocky Mountains and the Great Lakes and between the Great Lakes and the St.

title: Canada Tornado Alley

text: Lawrence River. Ontario reports the most tornadoes of any province due to its large population, in addition to its proximity to Canadian Tornado Alley. Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba rank in second place behind Ontario but rank before Quebec. Canadian Tornado Alley can also be defined as an area reaching from the Rocky Mountains to the St. Lawrence River, excepting Northeastern Ontario. In the Canadian Tornado Alley in Central/Western Canada, warm, humid air from the United States meets cool, dry air from Northern Canada and the Rocky Mountains. This creates an ideal environment for severe thunderstorms which could produce tornadoes. In

title: Canada Tornado Alley

text: the Great Lakes region towards the St. Lawrence River, severe thunderstorms which could produce tornadoes forms from warm, humid air from the United States and cooler air across the Great Lakes, these are triggered alongside lake-breeze fronts. The amount of precipitation in storms around the Great Lakes is normally more than the prairies as the warm temperatures and Great Lakes fuel the storms with heavy precipitation right from the lakes. Canada Tornado Alley The Canadian Tornado Alley(s) is a term describing a tornado-prone region in Canada. In Canada, the word is rarely used when compared to that of the United

title: Tornado Alley

text: storm cellars, and the installation of tornado sirens. Tornado awareness, preparedness, and media weather coverage are also high. The southeastern United States is particularly prone to violent, long track tornadoes. Much of the housing in this region is less robust compared to other areas in the United States, and many people live in mobile homes. As a result, tornado-related casualties in the southern United States are particularly higher. Significant tornadoes occur less frequently than in the traditionally recognized tornado alley, however, very severe and expansive outbreaks occur every few years. The average tornado usually only stays on ground for 5

title: Tornado Alley

text: core extends from northern Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, into Nebraska. Some research suggests that tornadoes are becoming more frequent in the northern parts of Tornado Alley where it reaches the Canadian prairies. Active tornado regions have also been discovered in other areas of the world, such as in parts of Europe and Australia and especially in the Pampas lowlands of Argentina extending into Uruguay and adjacent areas of Paraguay and extreme southern Brazil. The Pampas has a high consistency of tornadoes, whereas Bangladesh and adjacent East India have the highest frequency of violent tornadoes outside the central and southern United States.

title: Tornado Alley (book)

text: Ernest Hemingway's "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" with the title a quotation from the earlier story. A music video for "Thanksgiving Day" was also produced to promote its inclusion on the album. The collection is dedicated to John Dillinger, "in hope that he is still alive". Burroughs recites this dedication at the start of his "Dead City Radio" recording of the "Thanksgiving Day" poem. Tornado Alley (book) Tornado Alley is a collection of short stories and one poem by Beat Generation author William S. Burroughs, written during the later years of his career and first published in 1989. The first edition

title: Tornado Alley

text: Central United States, between the Rocky Mountains and Appalachian Mountains. Texas reports the most tornadoes of any state due to its large size, in addition to its proximity to Tornado Alley. Kansas and Oklahoma ranked first and second respectively in the number of tornadoes per area, per data collected through 2007, however in 2013 statistics from the National Climatic Data Center show Florida ranked first. Although Florida reports a high number and density of tornado occurrences, tornadoes there rarely reach the strength of those that sometimes occur in the southern plains. Regionally, the frequency of tornadoes in the United States

title: Tornado Alley

text: in this region. Roughly half of all Canadian tornadoes strike the Canadian prairies and Northern Ontario as far east as Lake Superior. Together, these regions make up the northernmost border of the U.S. Tornado Alley. Tornadoes up to EF5 in strength have been documented in this region. Another third of Canadian tornadoes strike Southern Ontario, especially in the region halfway between the Great Lakes from Lake St. Clair to Ottawa. This happens because tornadoes in this region are triggered or augmented by lake breeze fronts from Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, and Georgian Bay. Tornadoes do not often hit

title: Dixie Alley

text: as the fourth-deadliest outbreak in United States history, with over 300 people dead. Dixie Alley Dixie Alley is a nickname sometimes given to areas of the southern United States that are particularly vulnerable to strong or violent tornadoes. This is distinct from the better known Tornado Alley and has a high frequency of strong, long-track tornadoes that move at higher speeds (50+ miles per hour). The term was coined by NSSFC Director Allen Pearson after witnessing a tornado outbreak which included more than 9 long-track, violent tornadoes that killed 121 on February 21, 1971. The specific characteristics of the Southeast

title: Dixie Alley

text: Dixie Alley Dixie Alley is a nickname sometimes given to areas of the southern United States that are particularly vulnerable to strong or violent tornadoes. This is distinct from the better known Tornado Alley and has a high frequency of strong, long-track tornadoes that move at higher speeds (50+ miles per hour). The term was coined by NSSFC Director Allen Pearson after witnessing a tornado outbreak which included more than 9 long-track, violent tornadoes that killed 121 on February 21, 1971. The specific characteristics of the Southeast led to VORTEX-SE, a field project studying tornadogenesis, diagnosis and forecasting, in addition

title: Tornado preparedness

text: The state of Oklahoma adopted the minimum U.S. standard that year for the first time, but did not add high-wind protections like those in Florida designed to protect against hurricanes. Other states in Tornado Alley have no statewide building codes. The chance of any given location in Tornado Alley getting hit by an F-2 tornado (strong enough to do major structural damage and exceeding the 90 mph guideline for straightline winds) is about 1 every 4,000-5,000 years; in other areas the annual probability is one in several million. The most stringent building codes only require earthquake strengthening for a 1

title: Tornado Chasers (TV series)

text: Tornado Chasers (TV series) Tornado Chasers is an American documentary series that premiered on September 19, 2012 on TVNweather.com. The program follows Reed Timmer and his team of storm chasers as they attempt to intercept tornadoes in Tornado Alley in the United States and Canada. Season 2, funded largely through a successful Kickstarter campaign, commenced on September 30, 2013. The series is a two-time Webby Award Honoree, once for Best Documentary Series in 2013, and again for Best Editing ("Home, Part 2") in 2014. "Tornado Chasers" was filmed each year during storm season in Tornado Alley, using Timmer's Norman, Oklahoma

title: Dixie Alley

text: tornadoes to storm spotters and chasers, law enforcement, and the public. Increases of warmth and instability in conjunction with strong wind shear in the Dixie Alley region impacts the times when tornadoes form. In the traditional Tornado Alley, tornadoes most often form from the mid afternoon to early evening. Dixie Alley's instability can be maintained long after sunset due to being adjacent to the Gulf, increasing the frequency of intense nighttime and early morning tornadoes. There is also a less focused tornado season which tends to be most active in early spring and late autumn but can continue throughout the

title: Dixie Alley

text: of heavy rain, and that the hilly topography and heavily forested landscape makes them difficult to see. Dixie Alley is part of a region of enhanced tornadic activity extending between the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains, but tornadoes and outbreaks in the Dixie Alley region exhibit some statistically distinguishable characteristics than the more well known Tornado Alley. Tornadic storms in Dixie Alley are most often high precipitation supercells due to an increase of moisture from proximity to the nearby Gulf of Mexico. The Dixie Alley tornadoes accompanying the HP supercells are often partially or fully wrapped in rain visually impairing the

title: Tornado outbreak

text: to be a new outbreak. A series of continuous or nearly continuous tornado outbreak days is a tornado outbreak sequence. Tornado outbreaks usually occur from March through June in the Great Plains of the United States and Canada, the Midwestern United States, and the Southeastern United States in an area colloquially referred to as Tornado Alley. Tornado outbreaks do occur during other times of the year and in other parts of the world, however. A secondary less active and annually inconsistent tornado "season" in the U.S. occurs in late autumn. The largest tornado outbreak on record was the 2011 Super

title: Tornado Glory

text: Tornado Glory Tornado Glory is an American documentary film that was released in 2006 by PBS. Produced by Angry Sky Entertainment, the program follows storm chasers Reed Timmer and Joel Taylor through Tornado Alley during the 2003 storm season. The film was produced and directed by Ken Cole. As opposed to many documentaries focusing strictly on the science and destructive nature of tornadoes, "Tornado Glory" examines the determination, excitement, and struggles of storm chasing from the personal experiences of two University of Oklahoma meteorology students, Reed Timmer and Joel Taylor. Timmer in particular has emerged as a controversial figure in

title: Tornado climatology

text: Tornado climatology Tornadoes have been recorded on all continents except Antarctica and are most common in the middle latitudes where conditions are often favorable for convective storm development. The United States has the most tornadoes of any country, as well as the strongest and most violent tornadoes. A large portion of these tornadoes form in an area of the central United States popularly known as Tornado Alley. Other areas of the world that have frequent tornadoes include significant portions of Europe, South Africa, Philippines, Bangladesh, parts of Argentina, Uruguay, and southern and southeast Brazil, northern Mexico, New Zealand, and far

title: 1998 Eastern tornado outbreak

text: moved southeast from Somerset County, Pennsylvania, where it was rated F3. The 1998 Eastern Tornado Outbreak stands out, because it spawned an unusually high number of supercell thunderstorms, occurrences of damaging winds and hail, and tornadoes, in the central Appalachian Mountain area, where most residents were unaccustomed to experiencing such violent thunderstorms that are commonly believed to only occur in Tornado Alley in the central part of the United States. June 2, 1998, began with very stable atmospheric conditions in the areas later affected by severe weather. Fair skies and near-record low temperatures were noted in the east-central U.S., with

title: Tornado Chasers (TV series)

text: also available on Hulu and Amazon Prime. The second season is also available on Blu-ray. An ebook titled The Making of Tornado Chasers: Behind the Scenes of the Groundbreaking Documentary Series was released on August 20, 2014. It was written by executive producer Ken Cole, along with a foreword by Reed Timmer, and features journal-style remembrances from the production. Tornado Chasers (TV series) Tornado Chasers is an American documentary series that premiered on September 19, 2012 on TVNweather.com. The program follows Reed Timmer and his team of storm chasers as they attempt to intercept tornadoes in Tornado Alley in the

title: Tornado

text: off the Rockies force the formation of a dry line when the flow aloft is strong, while the Gulf of Mexico fuels abundant low-level moisture in the southerly flow to its east. This unique topography allows for frequent collisions of warm and cold air, the conditions that breed strong, long-lived storms throughout the year. A large portion of these tornadoes form in an area of the central United States known as Tornado Alley. This area extends into Canada, particularly Ontario and the Prairie Provinces, although southeast Quebec, the interior of British Columbia, and western New Brunswick are also tornado-prone. Tornadoes

title: Tornado

text: the United States, 80% of tornadoes are EF0 and EF1 (T0 through T3) tornadoes. The rate of occurrence drops off quickly with increasing strength—less than 1% are violent tornadoes (EF4, T8 or stronger). Outside Tornado Alley, and North America in general, violent tornadoes are extremely rare. This is apparently mostly due to the lesser number of tornadoes overall, as research shows that tornado intensity distributions are fairly similar worldwide. A few significant tornadoes occur annually in Europe, Asia, southern Africa, and southeastern South America, respectively. The United States has the most tornadoes of any country, nearly four times more than

title: Tornado

text: classified as non-supercellular tornadoes that develop over bodies of water, but there is disagreement over whether to classify them as true tornadoes. These spiraling columns of air frequently develop in tropical areas close to the equator, and are less common at high latitudes. Other tornado-like phenomena that exist in nature include the gustnado, dust devil, fire whirls, and steam devil. Tornadoes occur in North America, particularly in the area of the United States known as tornado alley, as well as in northern and east-central South America, Southern Africa, northwestern and southeast Europe, western and southeastern Australia, Bangladesh and New Zealand.

title: Tornado climatology

text: Strong and violent tornadoes (F3–F5) do occur, especially in some of the interior areas and in the south – but are not as common as in parts of the US. As in the US, tornadoes are far from evenly distributed. Europe has some small "tornado alleys" – probably because of frontal collisions as in the south and east of England, but also because Europe is partitioned by mountain ranges like the Alps. Parts of Styria (Steiermark) in Austria may be such a tornado alley, and this county has had at least three F3 tornadoes since 1900. F3 and perhaps one

title: Tornado Alley

text: meteorologists Major Ernest J. Fawbush (1915–1982) and Captain Robert C. Miller (1920–1998) as the title of a research project to study severe weather in parts of Texas and Oklahoma. Despite the elevated frequency of destructive tornadoes, building codes, such as requiring strengthened roofs and more secure connections between the building and its foundation, are not necessarily stricter compared to other areas of the United States and are markedly weaker than some hurricane prone areas such as south Florida. One particular tornado-afflicted town, Moore, Oklahoma, managed to increase its building requirements in 2014. Other common precautionary measures include the construction of

title: Tornado climatology

text: because of solar heating. Worldwide, most tornadoes occur in the late afternoon, between 3 pm and 7 pm local time, with a peak near 5 pm. Destructive tornadoes can occur at any time of day, as evidenced by the Gainesville Tornado of 1936 (one of the deadliest tornadoes in history) that occurred at 8:30 am local time. The United States has the most tornadoes of any country. Many of these form in an area of the central (with some definitions including Southern) United States known as Tornado Alley. This area extends into Canada, particularly the Prairie Provinces and Ontario; however,

title: Climate of the United States

text: and tornado outbreaks during both the spring and the summer. In central portions of the U.S., tornadoes are more common than anywhere else in the world. They usually can touch down during the spring and the summer. The strip of land from north Texas north to Nebraska and east into Southern Michigan is known as Tornado Alley, where many houses have tornado shelters and where many towns have tornado sirens. Stretching across Mississippi and Alabama, Dixie Alley has experienced both tornadoes and violent thunderstorms, with peak tornado season coming on as early as February and waning by May. Florida also

title: Tornado preparedness

text: in every 500-1,000 year probability. The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency has spent tens millions of dollars subsidizing the construction of shelters and safe rooms in both private and public buildings. Many buildings in Tornado Alley do not have basements, because unlike in more northern areas, there is no need for a deep foundation to get below the frost line, in some places the water table is high, and expansion and contraction of clay-heavy soils can produce additional pressure on buildings that can cause leaks if not reinforced. Having a first aid kit in the safe haven is advised to

title: Gasoline Alley

text: Gasoline Alley Gasoline Alley is a comic strip created by Frank King and currently distributed by Tribune Content Agency. The strip debuted on November 24, 1918; it is currently the longest-running strip in the United States, and the second-longest-running strip of all time in the United States, after "The Katzenjammer Kids". "Gasoline Alley" has received critical accolades for its influential innovations. In addition to new color and page design concepts, King introduced real-time continuity to comic strips by depicting his characters aging over generations. The strip originated on the "Chicago Tribune"'s black-and-white Sunday page, "The Rectangle", where staff artists contributed

title: Dixie Alley

text: peak of tornado season. Variations in climate patterns and teleconnections, such as the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) can also have significant impacts on tornadic activity in the region from year to year. Climate change is also expected to affect tornado activity in the region. Dixie Alley has been subject to numerous tornado outbreaks throughout history, including very intense outbreaks and those of very large spatial and temporal extent. Notorious outbreaks affecting the region include: the Great Natchez Tornado, the 1884 Enigma tornado outbreak, the April 1924 tornado outbreak, the 1932 Deep South tornado outbreak, the 1936 Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak, the

title: Dixie Alley

text: April 1957 Southeastern tornado outbreak, the 1984 Carolinas tornado outbreak, and the November 1992 tornado outbreak. The 1974 Super Outbreak also hit the area very hard, producing multiple F5 tornadoes in Alabama, and F4 tornadoes in North Georgia and the Appalachian southwest of North Carolina. More recently the region was hit by the 2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak followed by the tornado outbreak of April 14–16, 2011, the deadliest since the 2008 outbreak. Two weeks after the April 14–16 event, Dixie Alley was the epicenter of the 2011 Super Outbreak, which was the largest tornado outbreak ever recorded, as well

title: 1972 Portland–Vancouver tornado

text: and 50 small boats. Damage in Oregon from the tornado totaled up to $250,000 (1972 USD). In east Vancouver, the tornado struck at 12:51 p.m. (PST), where it destroyed a grocery store, along with Peter S. Ogden Elementary School injuring 70 students. Nearby, the storm demolished a bowling alley, a drive-in theater screen and damaged around 100 homes, some severely. Trees and power lines were downed and vehicles were flipped as well. Overall, the tornado killed six people and left $3–5 million (1972 USD) in damage. Two F2 tornadoes and another F3 touched down in Coulee City, Kettle Falls and

title: Tornado Alley

text: lake shadow regions, although they are not unknown, and some, such as the 2011 Goderich, Ontario tornado, have been violent. However, most Ontario tornadoes are concentrated in a narrow corridor from Windsor and Sarnia through London, and then northeast to Barrie and Ottawa. Tornadoes up to EF4 in strength have been documented in this region. Southwestern Ontario weather is strongly influenced by its peninsular position between the Great Lakes. As a result, increases in temperature in this region are likely to increase the amount of precipitation in storms due to lake evaporation. Increased temperature contrasts may also increase the violence

title: Dixie Alley

text: to social science implications, and examines both supercellular tornadoes and those resulting from quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) thunderstorm structures. Dixie Alley includes much of the area of the lower Mississippi Valley. It stretches from eastern Texas and Arkansas across Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, to upstate South Carolina and western North Carolina; the area reaches as far north as southeast Missouri and southwest Kentucky. Another source places all of Arkansas within Dixie Alley. Although tornadoes are less frequent in these states than they are in the southern Plains, the southeastern states have had more tornado-related deaths than any of the

title: Dixie Alley

text: winter and into late spring, which can lead to complacency among residents of the region. The region often is subject to tornadoes much earlier than the general national peak from May and June, usually from February to Mid-April, and several notorious outbreaks have struck during the late winter and early spring and also in late fall. The complacency situation was noted after the 2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak in February 2008 that hit the Dixie Alley killing 57 people, many people indicated that they had underestimated the threat of severe weather on that day since it was well before the

title: Slaughter alley

text: Slaughter alley Slaughter Alley is an American colloquial name given for sections of highway known for high rates of fatal traffic accidents. Other terms include Blood Alley, Massacre Mountain, Deadliest Highway, Killer Highway (Canada), Route de la Mort (France), and El Camino de la Muerte (Bolivia). This last epithet is particularly attributed to the Yungas Road. Many sections of roads have been known as "Slaughter Alley" and local residents may disagree on where "Slaughter Alley" actually is or was. Many famous "Slaughter Alleys" may no longer exist as they have been replaced by new, safer sections of road. The United

title: Shubert Alley

text: Actress Irene Dunne noted in 1950 that: I got a shock when I found that Shubert Alley is now a smart lane of elegant small shops, instead of being the empty alley where there used to be only a couple of stage doors, parking space for producer Lee Shubert's elegant limousine, and a place where actors met to discuss which offices were casting a new show that day. In November 1959, a one-hour musical entitled "Music from Shubert Alley" was recorded in the alley, and broadcast on TV. In 1960, singer Mel Tormé came out with an album of show

title: Red Tornado

text: League. Its evil side, later known as the Tornado Tyrant, emerges and defeats Ulthoon-Justice League. Determined to understand its failure, the Tornado Champion goes to Earth (where the Tornado Tyrant emerges again and defeats the real Justice League). In a second attack, the Justice League banishes the Tornado Tyrant to an "anti-matter universe" and (they believe) is destroyed. The Tornado Champion ends his experiment with a duplicate Earth and JLA, and decides to continue being a hero. This story is retconned in "Justice League of America" Vol. 1 #193, where the Tornado Champion tells JLA member Firestorm that it alone

title: Bowling alley

text: to purchase games and bowling shoes. The shoe rental is often located near the main entrance. Bowling alley A bowling alley (or bowling center) is a facility where the sport of bowling is played. Bowling alleys contain long and narrow wooden lanes (or alleys). The number of lanes inside of a bowling alley is variable. With 116 lanes, the Inazawa Grand Bowl in Japan is the largest bowling alley in the world. Before World War II, manual pinsetters were used at bowling alleys to set up the pins for ten-pin lanes. Modern ten-pin bowling alleys have automatic or mechanical pinsetters.

title: Bowling alley

text: Bowling alley A bowling alley (or bowling center) is a facility where the sport of bowling is played. Bowling alleys contain long and narrow wooden lanes (or alleys). The number of lanes inside of a bowling alley is variable. With 116 lanes, the Inazawa Grand Bowl in Japan is the largest bowling alley in the world. Before World War II, manual pinsetters were used at bowling alleys to set up the pins for ten-pin lanes. Modern ten-pin bowling alleys have automatic or mechanical pinsetters. Bowling alleys are predominantly used by middle-class families for recreation and are found worldwide often in

title: Tornado

text: held misconception is that highway overpasses provide adequate shelter from tornadoes. This belief is partly inspired by widely circulated video captured during the 1991 tornado outbreak near Andover, Kansas, where a news crew and several other people take shelter under an overpass on the Kansas Turnpike and safely ride out a tornado as it passes by. However, a highway overpass is a dangerous place during a tornado, and the subjects of the video remained safe due to an unlikely combination of events: the storm in question was a weak tornado, the tornado did not directly strike the overpass, and the

title: Richard Alley

text: Richard Alley Richard Blane Alley (born 18 August 1957) is an American geologist and Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences at Pennsylvania State University. He has authored more than 240 refereed scientific publications about the relationships between Earth's cryosphere and global climate change, and is recognized by the Institute for Scientific Information as a "highly cited researcher." Alley was educated at Ohio State University and University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he was awarded a PhD in 1987. In 1999, Alley was invited to testify about climate change by Vice President Al Gore, in 2003 by the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science,

title: Clown alley

text: as travel trailer or motor homes are used. The term has also come to mean any professional grouping of clowns, in general, regardless of whether or not they are affiliated with a circus or carnival. In Clowns of America International, "clown alley" is the name given to individual chapters, which function similarly to a union. A Clown Alley Local will co-ordinate social events as well as professional development for members, as well as direct employment opportunities. Clown alley The clown alley in a circus is a backstage area, usually very near the animal pens, where clowns change into their costumes

title: Snake Alley

text: Film where filmmakers from around the world gather to compete in the various categories for the awards. Snake Alley Snake Alley is a street located in Burlington, Iowa, which was built in 1894, and was at one time recognized by Ripley's Believe It or Not as the Crookedest Street in the World. The physical limitations and steep elevation of Heritage Hill inspired the construction of Snake Alley in 1894. It was intended to link the downtown business district and the neighborhood shopping area located on North Sixth Street, of which Snake Alley is a one-block section. Three German immigrants conceived

title: Miko Alley

text: the Philippine women's national team that participated at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games where she made a goal against Indonesia.She was a starting player in all four matches of the Philippine national team. Her parents are Marlene Montero-Alley, her mother who comes from Samar, Philippines and Hugh Alley, her father. She is married to Dennis Gagai since August 1, 2015. Miko Alley Mariko Elizabeth Alley is a former Filipino-American international association footballer. She was signed up to play for the women's soccer team of the West Virginia University, the West Virginia Mountaineers in 2006. She also played for Charlotte Soccer

title: Clown alley

text: Clown alley The clown alley in a circus is a backstage area, usually very near the animal pens, where clowns change into their costumes and apply makeup. Generally, the clowns' personal props, costumes, and other items are stored in this area as well. Clown alley was usually very close to the Big Top tents, along the side like an alley, so the clowns could get in and out quickly. If the circus show had some problem with a performance, the ringmaster could yell out "Clowns Allez" meaning “Clowns Go!”. Today most clowns do not use tents for dressing and markup,

title: Sugar Cane Alley

text: Sugar Cane Alley Sugar Cane Alley (French title: "La Rue Cases-Nègres") is a 1983 film directed by Euzhan Palcy. It is set in Martinique in the 1930s, where blacks working sugarcane fields were still treated harshly by their white employers. It is based on a semi-autobiographical novel by Joseph Zobel of the same name, or, alternatively titled "Black Shack Alley". José, the protagonist, is a young boy living in a rural part of Martinique in the 1930s. Many of the people around him, including his grandmother, Ma'Tine, with whom he lives, work in the sugar cane fields where they are

title: Power Alley

text: Power Alley Power Alley is a term used in audio engineering to denote the line between subwoofers where output from each subwoofer is in phase and is noticeably louder. Subwoofers placed at each side of the stage will typically cancel unpredictably everywhere in the listening area except along the center line between the speakers. Because of this, placing subwoofer cabinets together tends to give a smoother response to each member of the audience. This is explained in detail in "The Power Alley ". Centering the subwoofers between the high end cabinets tends to minimize the timing error throughout the listening

title: Carroll Alley

text: postulated that the correct understanding of the lunar laser ranging measurements, the behavior of clocks in a global positioning system, and many strong gravity field astrophysical phenomena—such as gravitational radiation—require the interactive N-body solutions of the Yilmaz Theory (or "New Theory"), which are not present in Einstein’s General Relativity field equations. Alley maintained the and remained active in the study of gravitation until his death. Carroll O. Alley, Jr. was born in Richmond, VA to Carroll Overton Alley, Sr. and Mittie Points Alley on June 13, 1927. Alley attended John Marshall High School, where he was a swimmer, choir member,

title: Kirstie Alley

text: Alley in high school. They married in 1970. Her husband had the same name as her father. They divorced seven years later as their career paths diverged. Alley was married to her second husband, Parker Stevenson, on December 22, 1983. They divorced in 1997. Alley and Stevenson shared custody of their two children, William True and Lillie Price. In 2016, Alley became a grandmother after her son William had a son of his own. She has a house in Islesboro, Maine. Alley appeared on "The Dr. Oz Show" on September 17, 2012, where she admitted that she started gaining weight

title: Sunrise Alley

text: Sunrise Alley Sunrise Alley is a romantic science fiction novel by Catherine Asaro about a retired EI engineer named Samantha Bryton, and her adventures with an escaped EI who claims to be a human named Turner Pascal. After barely surviving a ship wreck, Turner and Sam set out on a series of adventures to try to discover who the mysterious "Charon" is (the former jailer of Turner) and what/where exactly "Sunrise Alley" is. Unsure of whom to trust, the characters manage a series of escapes, eventually discovering the truth behind Turner's existence and his captor. Both characters explore the notion

title: March 1913 tornado outbreak sequence

text: have been equivalent to a violent F4 tornado on the Fujita scale, based upon damage accounts. The tornadoes occurred between 0630–1030 UTC, or pre-dawn local time, perhaps accounting for the high number of fatalities—a common trend in tornadoes in the Dixie Alley. In all, tornadoes in Mississippi, Georgia, and Alabama killed 48 people, perhaps more, that day and injured at least 150 people. March 23, Easter Sunday, was the most violent tornado outbreak to affect the northern Great Plains on so early a date in the year—a record that still stands as of 2012. That day, four F4 tornadoes affected

title: Adam Mickiewicz Alley

text: Voivodeship heritage list, No.601254-Reg.A/676/1-8 (May 20, 1992) Józef Weyssenhoff Square No.11 1903-1906, by H. Delius Eclecticism The architectural ensemble of the Institutes of Agriculture in Bydgoszcz occupies an area of 7.5 hectares, between J. Weyssenhoff Square, Ossolińsky Alley, Powstańców Wielkopolskich Alley and Karol Szymanowski Street. The western area is laid out with buildings, the eastern one is a 5 ha zone of field vegetation, with livestock, greenhouses and a barn. Adam Mickiewicz Alley Adam Mickiewicz Alley is one of the main streets of downtown district in Bydgoszcz, where several buildings are registered on the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Heritage List. The street

title: Tony Tornado

text: and singer Lincoln Tornado Currently, Tornado returned to performing on stages all over Brazil singing his greatest hits, accompanied by the band Funkessência and Lincoln Tornado. Tony Tornado Antonio Viana Gomes, better known as Tony Tornado or Toni Tornado (Mirante do Paranapanema, May 26, 1930), is a Brazilian actor and singer. In 1970 he won the Brazilian stage of the V International Song Festival with the soul song "BR-3". Son of a Guyanese father and a Brazilian mother, at 11 years old Tony ran away from home and ended up in Rio de Janeiro where he became a street kid

title: Cal Alley

text: Hunley, of Greenwood, Mississippi. Hunley told a WPA interviewer how he met J. P. Alley: Pressure from civil rights groups brought the long-run cartoon series to an end in 1968. In 1939, Alley began his cartoon career in Missouri where he was an editorial cartoonist with the "Kansas City Journal". When the "Journal" folded in 1942, he moved on to the "Nashville Banner". Three years later, he signed on with "The Commercial Appeal", where he launched a comic strip, "The Ryatts", syndicated by the Post-Hall Syndicate from 1954 to 1994. Comics historian Don Markstein noted: Alley's sister, Elizabeth Alley, was

title: Nightmare Alley

text: flattened, but this one did...it's more than just a steamy noir classic. As a portrait of the human condition, Nightmare Alley is a creepy, all-too-harrowing masterpiece." Author and creative writing professor Dwight V. Swain described the conclusion of "Nightmare Alley" as an exemplar of a novel with an unhappy ending that was nonetheless a ""fitting" ending," where the protagonist brought misfortune on himself. "Nightmare Alley" was also produced as a film noir motion picture starring Tyrone Power in 1947. A graphic novel adaptation of the novel was produced in 2012 by underground cartoonist Spain Rodriguez. The novel has been adapted

title: Neon Alley

text: streaming of certain Viz titles in Canada. Neon Alley Neon Alley was an American digital anime service run by Viz Media. The service began as a 24-hour web channel dedicated to showing English dubbed anime series in uncut and uncensored formats. It later evolved into a Hulu-based streaming site, showcasing both dubbed and subtitled releases. Neon Alley's programming was streamed through Hulu, which is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, Mac, and other platforms. Neon Alley was first announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2012 on July 13, 2012, where it was announced for PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation Network

title: Neon Alley

text: Neon Alley Neon Alley was an American digital anime service run by Viz Media. The service began as a 24-hour web channel dedicated to showing English dubbed anime series in uncut and uncensored formats. It later evolved into a Hulu-based streaming site, showcasing both dubbed and subtitled releases. Neon Alley's programming was streamed through Hulu, which is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, Mac, and other platforms. Neon Alley was first announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2012 on July 13, 2012, where it was announced for PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation Network in North America for a monthly subscription

title: Indiana Alley Cats

text: Indiana Alley Cats The Indiana Alley Cats was a member of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA). They were based in Anderson, Indiana and played at Anderson High School Wigwam. The team was part of the American Basketball Association. The Alley Cats were announced as an expansion franchise for Indianapolis. Later, however, the team moved to Anderson, where they played at O. C. Lewis Gymnasium, on the campus of Anderson University. On the court, the Alley Cats were one of the most successful franchises in ABA history, posting a 27–4 record. Their winning percentage is only topped by that of the

title: Alley Cat Allies

text: of the lack of resources and information on the method, they formed a network for feral cats. Robinson serves as the organization’s president, running the organization with Chief Operating Officer Charlene Pedrolie, and Vice President and Board Chair Donna Wilcox. Holton left the organization in 2001, to form Alley Cat Rescue. Alley Cat Allies created National Feral Cat Day in 2001 and promotes it every October 16. The day is marked with events such as spay/neuter clinics and workshops. In 2009, Alley Cat Allies celebrated National Feral Cat Day on the CBS Early Show, where weatherman Dave Price joined Alley

title: MiG Alley

text: computer video games based on the combat in MiG Alley have been produced, amongst them "MiG Alley Ace", released by MicroProse in 1985. MiG Alley "MiG Alley" was the name given by United Nations (UN) pilots to the northwestern portion of North Korea, where the Yalu River empties into the Yellow Sea during the Korean War. It was the site of numerous dogfights between UN fighter pilots and their opponents from North Korea (including some unofficially crewed by Soviet airmen) and the People's Republic of China. Soviet-built Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 were the aircraft used during most of the conflict, and the

title: Carroll Alley

text: and Cadet Corps First Captain and Regimental Commander of A Company. He earned a B.S. in mathematics and physics from the University of Richmond in 1948, and returned there in 1951-’52 as a physics instructor. Alley attended Princeton University, earning a master's degree (1952) and PhD (1962) in physics. From 1954 to 1960, he was an instructor and lecturer in both electrical engineering and physics at Princeton, where he met and married his late wife, Elizabeth (Slack) Delany Alley. His daughter Frances Alley Kruger was born in Princeton in 1955. At Princeton, Alley studied electrical engineering as well as theoretical

title: Louise Alley

text: Louise Alley Louise Frances Koury Alley (March 2, 1927 – October 9, 2015) was a radio personality with station KWKH in Shreveport, Louisiana, who also operated her own advertising agency. In a lengthy career, she was known as "Shreveport’s First Lady of Radio." A native of Rochester, New York, Alley was one of two children of George A. Koury, Sr., and the former Isabelle Margaret Joseph. She came to Shreveport with her family at the age of three, where she resided thereafter except for certain military assignments of her husband, Bennie Ray Alley (born September 1927), a retired major in

title: Twilight Alley

text: in 1980. Twilight Alley was euthanised in September 1976 due to pulmonary emphysema. Twilight Alley Twilight Alley (1959 – September 1976) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. A series of physical problems restricted him to four races a track career which lasted from July 1962 to July 1963. On his third racecourse appearance he defeated a strong field to win Britain's most important long-distance race, the Ascot Gold Cup. He broke down injured on his only subsequent appearance and was retired to stud where he had some success as a sire of steeplechasers. Twilight Alley was a "giant" chestnut

title: Allen Alley

text: GOP official representing Alley, Terri Moffett, had already left the building where the Congressional District 4 elections took place, taking the ballots with her. On August 28, 2012, at the 2012 Republican National Convention, Alley reported the Oregon delegation's votes as 4 votes for Ron Paul, 1 for Rick Santorum, and 23 for Mitt Romney. In November 2012, Alley announced he would not seek another term as Chairman, citing business concerns. He was succeeded in February 2013 by Suzanne Gallagher. Alley married his wife Debbie in 1982 and they have three children: AJ, Paige, and Jenna. Allen & Debbie reside

title: Allen Alley

text: to Oregon to work for InFocus, a manufacturer of mobile business display hardware, where he served as vice president of corporate development, engineering, and marketing. In 1997, Alley co-founded Pixelworks, a fabless semiconductor company. In 2000, Alley raised $66.1 million for Pixelworks, making it one of that year's top capital raises for semiconductors. In February 2002, Alley accepted a Presidential appointment from President George W. Bush to sit on the U.S.-Japan Private Sector/Government Commission, which strove to promote sustainable economic growth in both countries. In 2006, Alley was named as the Chairman of the Oregon Business Plan. He was tasked

title: Multiple-vortex tornado

text: Multiple-vortex tornado A multiple-vortex tornado is a tornado that contains several vortices (called subvortices or suction vortices) rotating around, "inside" of, and as part of the main vortex. The only times multiple vortices may be visible are when the tornado is first forming or when condensation and debris is balanced enough so that subvortices are apparent without being obscured. They can add over 100 mph to the ground-relative wind in a tornado circulation, and are responsible for most (if not all) cases where narrow arcs of extreme destruction lie right next to weak damage within tornado paths. Suction vortices (or

title: Alley

text: are footpaths and others narrow, sometimes cobbled, lanes open to traffic. Many of the alleys in the Back Bay and South End area are numbered (e.g. "Public Alley 438"). In the French Quarter of Charleston’s historic district, Philadelphia Alley (c. 1766), originally named "Cow Alley", is one of several picturesque alleys. In 1810 William Johnson gave it the name of "Philadelphia Alley", although locals call the "elegantly landscaped thoroughfare" "Dueler’s Alley". Starting on East Bay Street, Stolls Alley is just seventeen bricks wide at its start, and named for Justinus Stoll, an 18th-century blacksmith. For three hundred years, another of

title: Tornado climatology

text: Southwestern Ontario is about half that of the most tornado-prone areas of the central US plains. The last multiple tornado-related deaths in Canada were caused by a tornado in Ear Falls, Ontario on 9 July 2009, where 3 died, and the last killer tornado was on 3 August 2018 in Alonsa, Manitoba. The two deadliest tornadoes on Canadian soil were the Regina Cyclone of 30 June 1912 (28 fatalities) and the Edmonton Tornado of 31 July 1987 (27 fatalities). Both of these storms were rated an F4 on the Fujita scale. The city of Windsor was struck by strong tornadoes

title: Ross Alley

text: Ross Alley Ross Alley is a north–south alley in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Ross Alley lies between and is parallel to Stockton and Grant, running one city block between Jackson and Washington. Ross Alley was initially built in 1849, adjacent to the house of the pioneer merchant Charles L. Ross, from whom the name is derived. The original name was Stout's Alley, however, for Dr. Arthur Breese Stout, who had purchased Ross's house, which stood near the present-day corner of Washington and Ross Alley. The oldest alley in San Francisco, Ross Alley was considered to be one of the main locations

title: Alley

text: Alley An alley or alleyway is a narrow lane, path, or passageway, often reserved for pedestrians, which usually runs between, behind, or within buildings in the older parts of towns and cities. It is also a rear access or service road (back lane), or a path, walk, or avenue (French allée) in a park or garden. A covered alley or passageway, often with shops, may be called an arcade. The origin of the word alley is late Middle English, from "walking or passage", from "" "go", from "to walk". The word alley is used in two main ways: In older

title: Red Tornado

text: abilities. Cyborg frees Red Tornado with his matrix. Red Tornado accompanies the JLA on its mission to Hell, where he helps Superman defeat Minos. In 2011 DC rebooted its continuity as part of the New 52, and the new Prime Earth (Earth-0) continuity alludes to Red Tornado. In the series "Earth 2", set on the world of that title, Red Tornado's body is said to be under construction in Tokyo and is a gynoid. On Earth 2 Red Tornado appears similar to the pre-reboot version, except for its being a feminine robot inhabited by the consciousness of Superman's wife Lois

title: Ross Alley

text: the spot in San Francisco where the souls of the dead can most easily come and where the evil spirits are forbidden to exercise their powers". The main entrance to the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Company, a popular tourist destination, is located in Ross Alley. The building used to house a sewing factory, owned by Henry Pon Lee, who vacated the premises in the late 1960s. In the early 20th century, the Siberia Club at 25-27-29 Ross Alley, run by Yee Mee, "king of the Chinatown gamblers" and head of the Hop Sing Tong, was one of the more notable

title: Edmonton tornado

text: where the first tornado report made by a weather spotter at 2:59 pm. The tornado was on the ground briefly before dissipating. Shortly after 3:00 pm, the tornado again touched down in the Beaumont area, tossing granaries and farm equipment as it grew in size and strength. At 3:04 pm, a tornado warning was issued for the city. The tornado moved into the southeast portion of the city as a multiple-vortex tornado, and tracked north along the eastern portions of Mill Woods, causing F2 to F3 damage. The tornado continued northward crossing the Sherwood Park Freeway and eventually hitting the

title: Midaq Alley (film)

text: Midaq Alley (film) Midaq Alley (, also released as The Alley of Miracles) is a 1995 Mexican film adapted from the novel by Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz, written by Vicente Leñero and directed by Jorge Fons. The film deals with complex issues such as gay and lesbian related topics, the lower-middle class of Mexico City, and the lives of many people. The story is told from three perspectives: Don Ru (Ernesto Gómez Cruz), the owner of a cantina where most of the men in the story gather to drink and play dominoes, Alma (Salma Hayek), the beautiful girl of the

title: Adam Mickiewicz Alley

text: Adam Mickiewicz Alley Adam Mickiewicz Alley is one of the main streets of downtown district in Bydgoszcz, where several buildings are registered on the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Heritage List. The street links Gdańska Street to Józef Weyssenhoff Square. Its northern frontage is a set of tenements and villas built in the first decade of the 20th century. On the southern side are located the Polish Theatre and Jan Kochanowski Park. Adam Mickiewicz Alley has been laid out in 1903, in the conditions of an urban development of the eastern area of Gdańska Street called "Hempelscher Felde": this plot was bought in

title: Candice Alley (album)

text: through that". Because Alley was an independent singer, she wrote all of the tracks herself, only with the help from her partner Grant Hackett. Alley states that Hackett will tell her if he does not like a song and he likes all of the tracks on the album and several songs were inspired by their relationship. She also states "This record is much more personal than "Colorblind", and reflects where I am in my life at the moment". She states that she self-titled the album because it is an "extension of Alley" and the songs are so personal that it’s

title: Lubbock tornado

text: and the Great Plains Life building. The tornado then moved north toward the airport, where at 10:00 pm, anemometers were already reading winds of 77 knots (approximately . At 9:46, power failed at the Lubbock Civil Defense headquarters, and three minutes later, the local weather bureau lost power and its personnel took shelter from the tornado, which was now bearing down on the area and passed over the Weather Bureau building at 10:03 pm. The tornado continued north-northeast toward the communities of Abernathy and New Deal, where local authorities had begun sounding tornado sirens due to alerts passed along to

title: Tornado diagram

text: Tornado diagram Tornado diagrams, also called tornado plots or tornado charts, are a special type of Bar chart, where the data categories are listed vertically instead of the standard horizontal presentation, and the categories are ordered so that the largest bar appears at the top of the chart, the second largest appears second from the top, and so on. They are so named because the final chart visually resembles either one half of or a complete tornado. Tornado diagrams are useful for deterministic sensitivity analysis – comparing the relative importance of variables. For each variable/uncertainty considered, you will need estimates

title: Tornado myths

text: occur almost anywhere at any time if the conditions are right. Some geographic areas are simply more prone to these conditions than others. Some tornado myths are remaining bits of folklore which are passed down by word of mouth. The idea that the southwest corner of a structure is the safest place in a tornado was first published in the 1800s and persisted until the 1990s despite being thoroughly debunked in the 1960s and 70s. One notable instance of mass media spreading a tornado myth was after the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak, where TIME magazine ran a caption on a

title: Tornado

text: often observed in intense tornadoes. These vortices often create small areas of heavier damage along the main tornado path. This is a phenomenon that is distinct from a satellite tornado, which is a smaller tornado which forms very near a large, strong tornado contained within the same mesocyclone. The satellite tornado may appear to "orbit" the larger tornado (hence the name), giving the appearance of one, large multi-vortex tornado. However, a satellite tornado is a distinct circulation, and is much smaller than the main funnel. A "waterspout" is defined by the National Weather Service as a tornado over water. However,

title: Banana Alley

text: of the Yarra. The TV series Canal Road is set at the Banana Alley Vaults. Canal Road is the fictional name for Banana Alley, which contradictory to the show is inaccessible by cars. The fictional Canal Road Centre is located within a shop space of the Banana Alley Vaults. Nowadays, Banana Alley is host to a number of different businesses who operate within the underground facility. Of these include a Platform One Nightclub, a leading martial arts facility , Hair Guy barber shop and the iconic, 24:7 Doherty's Gym. Banana Alley The Banana Alley Vaults are near the Flinders Street

title: Alley

text: public, although other commentators feel that the lack of alleys is a benefit to the quality of life of the city. Two notable alleys in the Greenwich Village neighborhood in Manhattan are MacDougal Alley and Washington Mews. The latter is a blind alley or "cul-de-sac". Greenwich Village also has a number of private alleys that lead to back houses, which can only be accessed by residents, including Grove Court, Patchin Place and Milligan Place, blind alleys. Patchin Place is notable for the writers who lived there. Shubert Alley is a long pedestrian alley at the heart of the Broadway theater

title: Tin Pan Alley

text: can. I'll call the article 'Tin Pan Alley'." With time, this nickname was popularly embraced and came to describe the American music publishing industry in general. The term then spread to the United Kingdom, where "Tin Pan Alley" is also used to describe Denmark Street in London's West End. In the 1920s the street became known as "Britain's Tin Pan Alley" because of its large number of music shops. In the mid-19th century, copyright control of melodies was not as strict, and publishers would often print their own versions of the songs popular at the time. With stronger copyright protection

title: Alley Theatre (Strabane)

text: Alley Theatre (Strabane) The Alley Theatre is a theatre based in the heart of Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The venue hosts an auditorium, art gallery, tourist information centre and the famous Irish statue "Where Dreams Go" by Martin Heron or known locally as "Ambrose the Pig". This modern arts complex was open in 2007 by Edwin Poots MLA and Margaret Ritchie MLA, and has since gone onto host various arts festivals, shows and exhibitions. In addition to running arts, music and drama workshops/performances, the Alley Theatre hosts three major drama festivals each year, Stagewrite (for primary schools), North West

title: William Nassau Alley

text: William Nassau Alley William Nassau Alley (1808 – June 1849) was an Irish Methodist. Alley was a native of Ballinasloe and is credited with much of the responsibility for the erection of the Methodist chapel of Galway, at what was later to be known as Victoria Place. In 1836 he and his wife Mary had only recently set up business as merchants in the town, where he was acknowledged as one of the leading members of the community. Thanks mainly to their efforts, the chapel was opened in 1839. Galway was one of the worst affected areas in Ireland during

title: Hailstorm Alley

text: Hailstorm Alley Hailstorm Alley is a colloquial term referring to an area of south and central Alberta, Canada where hail storms are frequently produced. These storms frequently produce hail that is damaging to property. This area stretches from High River in southern Alberta, northward through Calgary, through Red Deer to Lacombe and then westward to Rocky Mountain House. It is known to be one of the worst areas in the world for damaging hail produced by thunderstorms. These are regarded as loose boundaries. While this area is common for damaging hailstorms, the reality is damaging hailstorms occur over much of

title: 2006 Saroma tornado

text: 2006 Saroma tornado On November 7, 2006, a deadly tornado struck the town of Saroma, Hokkaidō in northern Japan. The tornado destroyed forty buildings. Nine people were confirmed dead and 26 people injured (seven seriously) as of November 9, 2006. Most of the casualties occurred at the work site for a tunnel, where the storm swept over prefabricated housing that was being used by workers. The Japan Meteorological Agency says the tornado is the deadliest ever recorded in Japan. The previous recent most deadly tornado occurred September 18, 2006, killing three people on the southern island of Kyūshū. The agency's

title: 1953 Worcester tornado

text: documented distance of tornado debris was an item that blew from Holden to Eastham on Cape Cod, a distance of . Some debris was found in the Atlantic Ocean. This is one of the greatest such instances in a U.S. tornado. The Worcester tornado was a milestone in many regards. Besides its enormous size and unusual geographic location, at the time it was the nation's costliest tornado in raw dollars. Its 1,300 injuries were the 3rd worst in U.S. history (until the 1979 Wichita Falls tornado bumped it to number 4, where it still stands). The tally of 10,000 homeless

title: San Justo tornado

text: beyond recognition, and grass was reportedly ripped from the ground. A newspaper image showed a vehicle motor that was embedded into a concrete wall by the tornado. A tractor was found in a wooded area 500 meters away from the dealership where it originated, and a pond outside of town was reportedly sucked dry by the tornado. The tornado is widely considered to have been an F5 on the Fujita Scale. This tornado was the most violent ever reported in Argentina and Southern Hemisphere and had an economic cost of about $60,000 and was the deadliest tornado in Argentina's history.

title: Twilight Alley

text: Twilight Alley Twilight Alley (1959 – September 1976) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. A series of physical problems restricted him to four races a track career which lasted from July 1962 to July 1963. On his third racecourse appearance he defeated a strong field to win Britain's most important long-distance race, the Ascot Gold Cup. He broke down injured on his only subsequent appearance and was retired to stud where he had some success as a sire of steeplechasers. Twilight Alley was a "giant" chestnut horse, standing over seventeen hands high with a narrow white blaze bred by

title: Allen Alley

text: began his career designing conveyor systems before joining the Boeing Company. The family lived in several different cities, including Seattle and Philadelphia where Allen attended Nether Providence High School. In 1976, Alley graduated from Purdue University with a degree in mechanical engineering and a minor in business. He went to work for the Ford Motor Company and then Boeing in various product engineering and design roles. Alley joined Computervision as director of Product Marketing in Boston, Massachusetts. From there, he was recruited to join Battery Ventures, a $75 million investment company that specialized in high-technology ventures. In 1992, Alley moved

title: Change Alley, Singapore

text: land reclamation. 1858: The commercial square was later renamed Raffles Place. 1890: Change Alley acquired its name after a trading hub known as Exchange Alley in London and maybe from the large number of Indian money changers there.[4] It became a place where locals conducted barter trade with regional sea merchants and Europeans. 1905: 4-storey Winchester House was built at the entrance to Change Alley at the Collyer Quay side. 1920s: 5-storey Shell House was built at the start of this decade at the entrance to Change Alley at the Raffles Place, it was later completed in 1960 as a

title: Power Alley

text: area. The effects of separated subwoofers are more predictable outdoors, but subwoofers are often placed together as a starting point for indoor venues, too. Power Alley Power Alley is a term used in audio engineering to denote the line between subwoofers where output from each subwoofer is in phase and is noticeably louder. Subwoofers placed at each side of the stage will typically cancel unpredictably everywhere in the listening area except along the center line between the speakers. Because of this, placing subwoofer cabinets together tends to give a smoother response to each member of the audience. This is explained