OT: Bob Stockler

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On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 06:06:21PM -0400, after drawing runes in goat's blood,
J. P. Radley cast forth these immortal, mystical words:
> Mark Luljak propounded (on Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 05:46:31PM -0400):
> 
> | Winds were sheer-force in excess of 70mph (I've read as high as
> | 80mph), so mathematically it was the equivalent of going through about
> | a category one hurricane.
> 
> Should that be "shear-force"?  And whichever way it's spelled, what does
> it mean for any kind of force to be measured in speed units?

Actually, I believe you're correct on the spelling.  My mistake.  Usually
I'm not prone to those.  Oops.

It's not that the force itself was measured in speed units.  You'd have to
measure in PSI or something as applied to the surface of something.  The
wind velocity was measured in units of speed.  The amount of force that
applies is relative to it though.  To venture deeper than that, I'd have to
defer to my wife, the engineer.  *chuckle*  I've heard some cool stories
about Tacoma Narrows and other mishaps.  :)

My main point was that it wasn't rotational wind like actual tornadoes or
hurricanes, but omni-directional.  Guess I phrased it poorly.

I guess this proves you don't have to have wind rotating for it to be
really destructive.  A few buildings lost roofs, more than a few trailers
tipped, there are hundreds if not thousands of trees down, some phone poles
snapped in half, etc.  Apparently this is the most damaging storm here
since a tornado in '74 or so--long before I was transplanted.

I feel sorry for the people with no A/C right now.  It's been in the high
80's.  The day it stormed it was 91F with a heat index of 100F.  Ugh.  We
appear to have two major seasons here--summer and winter.  We seem to get
about a week each of spring and fall.  And winter hasn't been nearly as
cold as I like, the last two years.  Boiling hot in summer, as far as I'm
concerned.  It's been 11 years and I'm still not used to it.  Not that
Milwaukee never had hot summers, but the lake could temper it by as much as
20F compared to inland.  The river here adds just enough to make it humid,
but not enough to make it cooler.  Lovely as this state's scenery is, the
weather is definitely a drawback.

Note to self:  Next residence will be no further south than Oregon or so.  :)

mark->
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