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we were downwind of the deer, so it couldn't smell us
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Echo Park is downwind from Altadena, and Longstreth’s block had been covered in a light dusting of toxic ash.
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Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
Eruptions that occurred in 1953 and 1992 were explosive -- lasting a few hours and producing ash clouds that were carried downwind for hundreds of miles, according to the observatory.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 13 Mar. 2025
Those eruptions each lasted a few hours and produced ash clouds that were carried downwind for hundreds of miles and minor ashfall, up to about a quarter inch, on south-central Alaska communities, according to the Alaska Volcano Observatory’s release.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 13 Mar. 2025
Previous eruptions in 1953 and 1992 endured for several hours, producing ash clouds that carried downwind, prompting airport closures, impacting water supplies and raining up to a quarter-inch of ashfall throughout southcentral Alaska.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
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Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
Eruptions that occurred in 1953 and 1992 were explosive -- lasting a few hours and producing ash clouds that were carried downwind for hundreds of miles, according to the observatory.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 13 Mar. 2025
Those eruptions each lasted a few hours and produced ash clouds that were carried downwind for hundreds of miles and minor ashfall, up to about a quarter inch, on south-central Alaska communities, according to the Alaska Volcano Observatory’s release.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 13 Mar. 2025
Previous eruptions in 1953 and 1992 endured for several hours, producing ash clouds that carried downwind, prompting airport closures, impacting water supplies and raining up to a quarter-inch of ashfall throughout southcentral Alaska.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Downwind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/downwind. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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downwind
adverb or adjective
down·wind
ˈdau̇n-ˈwind 
: in the direction that the wind is blowing
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