Having the wind knocked out of you?
819706
Depends entirely on how they got the wind knocked out of them. A fall onto the back or other impact of that sort, yes it would since the air was simply blasted from the lungs by impact pressures. If the person was punched in the pit of the stomach, no it really wouldn't do much since the person stops breathing due to temporary paralysis of the diaphragm from impact on the solar nerve plexus. If the loss of breath is from a punch in the stomach, mouth to mouth may be necessary if the persons body takes too long to regain control of the diaphragm, to prevent damage from oxygen deprivation. Normally though, the diaphragm regains controlled mobility within seconds. I hope this answer helped you.
779346
Hey...try living in Arkansas...when we get wind gusts, they get up around 200-400 miles per hour and go round and round...you get to see cows, cars, and churches fly....LOL
538388
The expression is "too close to the wind."  It is an expression based on sail ships.  To sail upwind, a sail ship must tack, follow a zig-zag path each leg of which is only slightly up wind.  If a pilot gets too greedy and tries to sail too directly into the wind, he will stall.  That is called sailing "too close to the wind" short for "too close to the direction from which the wind is blowing."\n\nAs a saying, it means trying to accomplish too much too fast.  If you try to do too much, you can end up accomplishing nothing.
107927
You can't see the wind, only the leaves and limbs as they respond to its ebb and flow. You can't touch the wind but it touches you with it's warm summer breezes and winter's blustery blow. But, you can hear the wind as it whips through the trees. Try to catch the wind you wind up on your knees.\n\nOff the top of my head. This was fun!!
91818
# 1 I would face the opposite direction of the wind sit down and cover face.\n#2 In the second situation i would do the same as 1 but also use a huge rock for cover\n#3 I would walk to the building but not allow myself to face the wind keeping my eyes covered as much as possible.
458745
As the one man stated you need some wind whether it is blowing hard on the day you want to fly the kite or a gentle wind blowing that is above the trees.   Once you have the wind then it is the technique of how to make it fly.   If you have a friend, you will have them to hold it level and as you start to run they can help toss the kite in the air which will give you a little advantage to get the kite started.   As you run you will let out some string but do not try to let it out too much until you start to catch some wind  Once you catch the wind on the kite you can start to let the string out as far as you want but be careful due to if the wind start to stop blowing , you will need to start winding in the string and moving to catch a different gust of wind.  If you do not your kite will start to float down and crash.  Now with one person it is a little trickier.  Some will let it lie on the ground and try to get it off the ground but I like to start to run and let out the string just a little and try to catch a gust of wind that may be a little lower to the ground. As far as lift off with one person do the same as the two person but with a little less string and then as you run you will create that underdraft on the kite and start to let it out but if you let it out too much you will not get it to fly due to the more string you let out the faster you have to run to still create that underdraft to keep the kite flying....
402305
Wind - just let rip afterwards and laugh about the noise.
139438
Swings mess with your inner ear which is responsible for your balance.  The same kind of thing happens on the seashore when the tide is going out.  I was once standing there looking down and I ended up on my butt.  It is one of those times when your senses play tricks on your brain.
1005489
I would get checked for asthma even though you don't think that's the problem.   Coughing is one of the signs when you are winded. \n\nIf you are generally out of shape, you might start coughing to get more air into your lungs.  See a doctor, it could be any number of things.  I got really short of breath and found out I had a blockage in one of my leg arteries.
755444
On a downwind reach in sailing.
533487
The answer my friend, is blowing in the wind.
793369
You must be careful when doing this. If you are standing in the street /road you can get a ticket for obstructing traffic. You must be on the shoulder/curb to be out of traffic.
84796
It can pull you far away from land.
377495
Oh, I thought it was acceptable.  I've been doing it for years and it always causes people to laugh rather than to scorn me.  Better out than in.  "Wherever you be, let your wind blow free".
391602
The answer my friend is blowing in the wind.  Yes, the answer is blowing in the wind.
1104322
No, wind wont bother a Kayak, but once that storm kicks up a massive swell and your tryin to paddle through 25ft + surf with white wash that would de-rail a train and youre stuck in the middle of that, its only a matter of time untill you get swallowed up by hell and pushed 20 foot under water doing backflips and sommersaults uncontrollably like youre in a high powered washing machine. \n\nAnd the whole time this is happening you know that youre probably about to die, and that you only have a few seconds of air left in your lungs all the while youre trying to get back to the surface to draw a breath but the power of the water is just pushing you down deeper and deeper and you cant fight it, you just have to accept youre as lifeless as a ragdoll as your body is dragged hundreds of metres underwater. \n\nBy the time this monster has lost its power and you can get back to the surface for air, hopefully you are still alive.
1161674
Yes, you can, or more usually they turn themselves off when the wind gets too strong.   The power generated from the wind goes up as the cube of the windspeed.   So a 40 knot wind doesn't generate twice as much power as a 20 knot wind but 2x2x2=8 times as much.   So a fairly strong wind is too much for a wind generator to handle, and to prevent damage it automatically feathers the blades.   That is, it turns them parallel to the wind, so they don't turn.