#BreakingTheSoundBarrier Column: 20 Years Later, the Lessons of #HurricaneKatrina Go Unheeded Weekly Column August 28, 2025 By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan It’s been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall on August 29th, 2005, breaching New Orleans’ protective levees, unleashing unprecedented destruction. It was one of the deadliest natural disasters in US history, killing over 1,800 people, mostly poor residents of New Orleans’ historic Black neighborhoods. Katrina was also the US’ costliest natural disaster, causing over $160 billion in damage.

#BreakingTheSoundBarrier Column: 20 Years Later, the Lessons of #HurricaneKatrina Go Unheeded

Weekly Column August 28, 2025 By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan It’s been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall on August 29th, 2005, breaching New Orleans’ protective levees, unleashing…

#BreakingTheSoundBarrier” Column: On The #Smithsonian and #Slavery: #PresidentTrump’s #DonaldTrump’s #POTUS’s Whitewashing of #USHistory #AmericanHistory #WorldHistory #BlackHistory By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan On Tuesday, President Trump attacked the narrative long taught in US schools and documented in museums, about the abhorrent, centuries-long practice of slavery. He focused on The Smithsonian Institution, the world-renowned center of learning and culture based in Washington, DC. Trump wrote on his social media platform, “The Smithsonian is OUT OF CONTROL, where everything discussed is how horrible our Country is, how bad Slavery was.”

#BreakingTheSoundBarrier” Column: On The #Smithsonian and #Slavery: #PresidentTrump’s #DonaldTrump’s #POTUS’s Whitewashing of #USHistory #AmericanHistory #WorldHistory #BlackHistory

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan On Tuesday, President Trump attacked the narrative long taught in US schools and…

An F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet is captured breaking the sound barrier, creating a visible cloud formation around it. This phenomenon, potentially caused by a pressure drop leading to condensation of moist air, is known as a Prandtl-Glauert Singularity. Similar effects are seen with large meteors and the Space Shuttle.

Astronomy Picture from 19/08/2007

A Sonic Boom

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap070819.html


#SonicBoom #BreakingTheSoundBarrier #SupersonicFlight #AerospaceEngineering #PrandtlGlauertSingularity #CloudFormation #F18Hornet #AviationPhotography #SpaceShuttle #Meteor #Physics

An F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet is pictured breaking the sound barrier, creating a visible condensation cloud around the aircraft. This phenomenon, also known as a sonic boom, is caused by the accumulation of sound waves as the plane surpasses the speed of sound. The image showcases the fascinating interaction of aerodynamics and atmospheric physics.

Astronomy Picture from 04/05/2003

A Sonic Boom

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap030504.html


#SonicBoom #BreakingTheSoundBarrier #Supersonic #F18Hornet #AerospaceEngineering #CloudFormation #PrandtlGlauertSingularity #AviationPhotography #Physics #Science #Space #Meteors #Shockwave

Winter issue is already looking fabulous, but do not sleep on listening to the poets who comprise our autumn issue!

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