11. Lawrence, who plays a plant supervisor, says she found it exhilarating working in the extreme weather simulated by wind machines. 12. Many growers have installed electric wind machines, huge fans that dissipate low layers of frosty air. 13. Old movie wind machines were propeller-driven. 14. One problem, though, is that transmission lines will have to be built if wind machines become widespread enough. 15. Paxton rubs his eyes just thinking about the wind machine. 16. So we brought in a lot of huge jet engines and wind machines. 17. Steve Bolan of Carefree invented the Master Blaster, the biggest, toughest wind machine in the special-effects business. 18. The blue screen-surrounded facility was also equipped with wind machines, rain towers and water cannon that spread buckets of wet stuff all over the frame. 19. The umbrella was held in front of the wind machine for four or five minutes, and it did not invert. 20. Then snow fell, and wind machines blew for a finale of models in white padded jackets, layered skirts and a dress that looked like iced lace. |