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Re:Boeing 787 Reaches 801 MPH as a Jet Stream Packs Record-B... by yesenadam on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @10:50PM (#19205375)
Can you name anything else named after where it's going, not where it comes from? I can't think of anything named like that, but I guess there must be some.
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Re:Boeing 787 Reaches 801 MPH as a Jet Stream Packs Record-B... by cr1895 on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @02:22AM (#19206254)
Within a marine context, current is typically given as direction to while wind and waves are direction from.
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Re:Boeing 787 Reaches 801 MPH as a Jet Stream Packs Record-B... by bartread on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @04:04AM (#19206648)
Or when you're out walking you might say that you're "heading north". Granted if you wanted to report your rough position relative to someone else you might say something like, "I'm 500m north of you."
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