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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-29-06 09:30 PM Original message |
Wind KOs Power to Thousands in the East (from Maryland to Maine) |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-29-06 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. Mt. Washington, NH recorded 143 mph. |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-29-06 09:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Yup...but your sheets will be in Newfoundland, NB |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-29-06 11:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. The real challenge will |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 06:46 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. And you *know* you're not going to find *both* socks, right? |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 04:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. So, lets used windpower as replacemrnt energy of fossil fuels! n/t |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 11:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. What? The storm blew Newfoundland into New Brunswick?!?! |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-29-06 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. That's some picture. |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-29-06 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm at a slightly elevated location and I get the full brunt of the wind coming from the |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 07:28 AM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Our power went out at 3 this morning |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 11:55 AM Response to Reply #4 |
18. My Mom said the wind created a surge of water on Lake Auburn |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 03:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Still blowin' like crazy today..... |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-29-06 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. i wonder what happens when wind storms hit wind generators? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 12:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. They have furling systems that protect them |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-29-06 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
6. 143 MPH thats Hurricane force wind |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-29-06 10:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I think the 143 mph was on top of Mt Washington in NH, which |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 12:05 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. The highest recorded wind velocity on earth was in April 1934, on Mt Washington |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 12:27 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I can do you one better. :) |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 12:43 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Found this... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 11:26 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Remind me not to go hiking there. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 04:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. We went up on the cog railroad in early July |
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Spinzonner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-29-06 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. They were 'Keith Olbermann' ed ? |
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Habibi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 06:07 AM Response to Original message |
13. We got a call from my MIL last night |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
23. It was a wicked 48 hours |
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pkz (595 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 07:30 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. almost all power back |
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