Mt. Washington, no longer most extreme...

[marcski]

253 mph gust on Australia's Barrow Island during Cyclone Olivia in 1996.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100126/ap_on_sc/us_wind_record_toppled

 

[ctenidae]

Yeah, but Australia needed a cyclone. For Mt Washington, that's just a Tuesday.

 

[TheBEast]

Bummer....

 

[ChileMass]

First the Old Man and now this. NH is taking a beating....

The article I read said that Mt. Washington can still claim the highest recorded wind in the Northern and Western hemispheres, though, so they have that going for them......

 

[bigbog]

Ditto ctenidae,
That wind belongs to a cyclone = hurricane....wtf?
Some Aussies involved need to make a trip over here...and up to the summit.

 

[Marc]

Meh. I don't know what anyone is belly aching about. This still doesn't make it not windy as frack up there. I think on average something like on 1 out of every 3 days in a year on Mount Washington hurricane force winds are recorded?

 

[ctenidae]

Ever since the Old Man croaked, NH's manliness is measured by an anemometer.

 

[Marc]

Ever since the Old Man croaked, NH's manliness is measured by an anemometer.

It's an apt measurement if said anemometer is being used to measure the flatulated windspeed after a heavy burrito.


That's so ridiculous I almost had trouble typing it.

 

[ctenidae]

It's an apt measurement if said anemometer is being used to measure the flatulated windspeed after a heavy burrito.


That's so ridiculous I almost had trouble typing it.