70 Years Ago Today

[NewHampster]

Highest Windspeed ever recorded on Earth.

231 MPH

Mt. Washington - New Hampster

TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-ONE MILES PER HOUR!!! Have any of you really taken a minute to think about that? http://www.mountwashington.org/

[Rick Myers]

1. Holy..........

Jeebus!!!

I've seen winds over 100 but lees than 110, and I do NOT want to see it again!!!

Wow!!!

[BiggJawn]

2. I have a video clip...

Of a Newsie TRYING to do a "stand-up" on Mt. Washington...Flying like a kite on the end of his mike cable was more like it.

[ConcernedCanuk]

3. Yeah, that's a wee bit on the high side !

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Wouldn't wanna be in a tent!

And, well I had to check, that speed doesn't include tornadoes.

How's 318 mile per hour - yikes!
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Scientists have measured a wind speed of 318 mph (509km/h) inside a tornado that recently struck Oklahoma City - the fastest wind speed ever recorded on Earth.

Until recently it was not thought that such a wind speed was possible.

The previous fastest measured speed was 286 mph (458 km/h). That was also measured in a tornado in Oklahoma.

The fastest non-tornado wind ever recorded was is 231 mph (370 km/h), measured at Mount Washington in New Hampshire in 1934.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_342000/342507.stm