Sentences with phrase «miles upwind»

A study by the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston found that residents of Port Arthur were four times more likely than people just 100 miles upwind to report suffering from heart and respiratory conditions; nervous system and skin disorders; headaches and muscle aches; and ear, nose, and throat ailments.

We avoid the bug and mosquito problem by never putting anchor down within at least a couple of miles upwind from the nearest cay.

The natural gas processing plant, for example, is located less than 2 miles upwind of Church Rock Village, a housing area that is home to about a third of the Chapter's 2,800 residents.

Not exact matches

The Bugatti Veyron Super Sport currently holds the Guinness top speed record for production cars at a slightly slower 267.86 mph, but that was the average of upwind and downwind runs at Volkswagen Group's Ehra - Lessien test track, a high speed facility with a 5.4 - mile long straightaway.