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Giant oak trees... have deep root systems that can extend two-and-one-half times their height. Such trees rarely are blown down regardless of how violent the storms may be.

Relatively mild gusts of wind blow some trees down. Graceful palm trees, for example, are lovely to look at but will not stand up in a heavy wind because they are not well anchored.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

When the wind blows through a wood, its mass is cut and closed by every leaf, forming a train of jittery vortices in the air.

In the eye of the tornado, there's no more high and low, no floor and sky.

Superstorm Sandy inflicted havoc and heartache throughout the Northeast, hitting the Big Apple and its surrounding coastal towns hard.

Japan's humid and warm summer climate, as well as frequent earthquakes resulted in lightweight timber buildings raised off the ground that are resistant to earth tremors.