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donsu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-14-04 01:09 PM
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humor me: on your part of the world, has it been more windy than usual?

in the past yr. or so

or is it just my spot on the world?
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flowomo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-14-04 01:12 PM
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1. Central PA.... and I have thought that myself many times
Last winter was terrible..... took down tons of tons and branches around here.... and really messed up my bamboo stand.
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donsu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-14-04 01:36 PM
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7. when I lived in Md. I had a bamboo stand too

and I really miss it. every winter a flock of sparrows lived in it.
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ewagner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-14-04 01:14 PM
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2. Funny 'bout that
my wife and I concluded the same idea the other night.............
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mindfulNJ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-14-04 01:18 PM
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3. Northwest Jersey...
and its windy as hell where I live...but I've only lived here a year so I'm not sure if its normal or not.
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Kool Kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 10:18 PM
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22. I don't think it's normal and I've lived in Central NJ
all my life (51 years). The past three years have been windier than I ever remember. Maybe I'm just getting old. But it is windy.
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loftycity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-14-04 01:19 PM
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4. Windy here in Minneapolis. nt
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-14-04 01:21 PM
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5. Phoenix has been very windy this spring and it wrecking havoc
Edited on Fri May-14-04 01:22 PM by AZDemDist6
with everyone's allergies

edit to add why do you ask? do you have some info you want to share?
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donsu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-14-04 01:33 PM
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6. No - it's just that I've noticed it here and wondered if the world was

getting more windy because of pollution, etc.

recently heard a report that said not as much sunlight has been making it to earth because of the pollution. down 30% in some places. that is way bad news.

in the last 6 mo. I've noticed that sometimes, on a clear day, the sky looks to be a darker blue. and wondered about that too.
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-14-04 02:22 PM
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8. It is part of global warning
the weather will become more unstable

And yes it is far windier in my neck of the woods too... so cal
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ChemEng Donating Member (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 09:24 PM
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21. Are you serious? How does GLobal Warming make it windier?
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phantom power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-14-04 02:51 PM
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9. Yes, the valley seems windier lately
although I'm hesitant to trust my own subjective observations.

Increased wind would be expected from global warming. Increase the total energy in the climate system, and it will express itself thru wind, increased moisture in the atmosphere, etc.
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TO Kid Donating Member (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-14-04 03:15 PM
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10. Yes
But understandble- two elections last year and another one coming in June.
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amazona Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-14-04 03:55 PM
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11. tell me about it
Edited on Fri May-14-04 03:56 PM by amazona
Wind brought down a huge oak tree and caused mid five figures worth of damage...thank God for homeowner's insurance. Also thank God no one was killed, could have been much worse -- we were in the house when it happened.
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meow mix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-14-04 04:52 PM
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12. about a year ago we had a Micro-Cell go thru my socal neighborhood
which sounded just like a giant walked by.

a thumping noise..
getting louder as its distance decreased,
untill it sounded like bombs going off, THUMP.... THUMP..... THUMP
and then getting quieter as it moved away.

never heard anything like it. spooky, and not normal for around here.
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donsu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-04 11:37 AM
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13. Micro-Cell? whatever is a micro-cell?

nt
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meow mix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-04 07:37 PM
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14. i dunno thats what they said on the news! or maybe it was Micro-Burst!
i just remember it was Micro-something! lol sorry..

but it definetly sounded just like a giant walked by, like a 500 foot tall one.
and messed up lots of peoples houses! tore off roofs and crushed trees and stuff.
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meow mix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-04 07:46 PM
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15. ok i found something kinda =)

What was it? A micro-burst, a macro-burst, or a Derecho?

A micro-burst, according to the US National Weather Service, “is a small area of rapidly descending air beneath a thunderstorm. When the descending air hits the ground, it quickly spreads out in all directions, causing very strong, straight-line winds.”

http://www.newsweb.ca/Micro_Macro.htm

what i heard sounded like "hit ground" over and over and over, travelling along. like a 50 ton skipping stone.
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donsu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-04 12:17 PM
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16. wow - was there anything in your papers or local TV about it?

was this a one of a kind thing?
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meow mix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-04 12:30 PM
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17. just on a local station..
small mention,
with a couple helicopter shots of some broken roofs and smashed trees.

was a wierd one of a kind thing yes,
which is what made it more spooky for me at least! heh.
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GreenGreenLimaBean Donating Member (395 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-04 06:35 PM
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18. Sure, Of Course, Why do you ask?
With more energy(heat) in the climate system, the direct result will
be more wind. All that energy has to go somewhere.
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jpak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-04 06:46 PM
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19. Too windy? Get a wind turbine...
turn it into electricity...

http://shop.altenergystore.com/items.asp?CartId=1132474-EVEREST-2XJTPJ57&Cc=WIND1%2D1K&tpc=

http://www.bergey.com/Products.htm

http://www.cetsolar.com/whisper175.htm
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amandabeech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 12:02 AM
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20. My mom in western lower Michigan has noticed it getting windier
over the past few years. She lives in an area that may support wind turbines at some time in the future. By then the are will move from Class III to Class IV winds at the rate it's been going!
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Indiana_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 01:34 AM
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23. Windier here in Indiana, too.
Lots of people I know have made comments about it around here.

Maybe it's God's way of telling us to make windpower turbines!
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On the Road Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 01:31 PM
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24. Seems That Way
but I hate to rely on anecdotal evidence. People who do that often end up being skeptical about global warming itself.

About 3 or 4 years ago there WAS a freak tornado -- a very strong one -- in suburban Maryland. Passed within 100 yards of my home in College Park. Killed a couple of college kids, but otherwise passed through a wooded area and a golf course. Miraculous no one else was killed. Very very unusual for Maryland.
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