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  2. NIST World Trade Center Disaster Investigation - Wikipedia

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    NIST World Trade Center Disaster Investigation. NIST experiment to replicate an office fire in the World Trade Center. Tests such as this helped validate computer models of the spread rate and intensity of the fires initiated by jet fuel and fed by the office furnishings and other combustibles. Video thumbnail shows fire test of mockup WTC ...

  3. National Christmas Tree (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The National Christmas Tree is a large evergreen tree located in the northeast quadrant of the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, D.C. Each year since 1923, the tree has been decorated as a Christmas tree. Every year, early in December, the tree is traditionally lit by the President and First Lady of the United States.

  4. 1997 Jarrell tornado - Wikipedia

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    A case study and critique was published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which covered the structural damage caused by the tornado and the track that it left. The NIST also published a detailed critique of the Fujita Scale as a direct result of the Jarrell tornado, which was at the time rated an F5.

  5. Mistakes that could make your Christmas tree catch fire - AOL

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    Here are some additional facts provided by the Henrico Fire Department and AAA Mid-Atlantic:-Between 2007-2011, U.S. fire departments responded to an average of 230 home fires that started with ...

  6. World's biggest tree gets blanket as fire rages - AOL

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    A national interagency fire management team took command of efforts to fight the 11.5-square-mile (30-square-kilometer) Paradise Fire and the 3-square-mile (8-square-kilometer) Colony Fire, which ...

  7. Old House Handyman: An open fire inspires fond memories of a ...

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    Old House Handyman: 'Chestnuts roasting on an open fire' a wonderful reminder of a special Christmas in New York in the early '70s. Old House Handyman: An open fire inspires fond memories of a ...

  8. Suicide of Joyce Meyer Sommers - Wikipedia

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    James E. Sommers. . . ( m. 1959; div. 1977) . Joyce Marilyn Meyer Sommers (July 20, 1927 – December 18, 1996), also known as the Christmas Tree Lady, was a formerly unidentified American woman who died by suicide in a cemetery in Annandale, Virginia, on December 18, 1996. She was identified more than 25 years later on May 11, 2022.

  9. List of sources of the National Christmas Tree (United States)

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    The 2012 National Christmas Tree on November 2, 2012, six days after it was planted. Sources of the National Christmas Tree in the United States have varied over time. The first National Christmas Tree was erected and lit by President Calvin Coolidge in 1923. As of 2011, the tradition has continued uninterrupted.