Science Fair Project Encyclopedia
Tempest
A tempest is a violent storm. See also:
- TEMPEST (US government standard)
- The Tempest (Shakespeare play)
- Tempest (band) (folk rock group from San Francisco)
- Tempest (game) (1980 arcade game)
- Operation Tempest (a WWII operation of the Polish Home Army)
- Hawker Tempest (a WWII British Royal Air Force fighter)
There have also been two superheroes from DC Comics named Tempest
- Tempest I was Joshua Clay a member of the Doom Patrol. Clay learned of his power to generate powerful energy blasts while fighting in Vietnam. The stress of this revelation led him to go AWOL, and he lived as a fugitive for some time before joining the team.
- Tempest II is the former Aqualad, who adopted this name after being tutored in sorcery.
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