200 mph gusts

[bbinacan]

Workers at Grandfather Mountain described "an unreal" scene early Wednesday when record wind gusts of at least 200 mph battered the North Carolina tourist attraction in the northwest mountains.
"Our workers who were inside the Visitor Center said it was like a tornado -- a whirlwind -- inside the building after the windows broke," said Crae Morton, president of Grandfather Mountain and grandson of Hugh Morton, who developed the tourist site.
Morton said staff members don't know exactly how strong the northwest winds really blew late Tuesday night and early Wednesday.
The National Weather Service-approved anenometer measures only up to 200 mph. Morton said gusts reached that level several times. He said the staff assumes winds exceeded that mark.

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/13716989.htm

[bbinacan]

1. Mt. Washington

could this have beaten the record set there?:shrug:

[Old and In the Way]

5. I don't think so....seems I 've read that they recorded winds of

220MPH....could be wrong, though.

[XOKCowboy]

7. Actually 231 mph

http://www.mountwashington.org/bigwind/

Good ol' Google.

[sexybomber]

10. wowza

I thought Mt. Washington was unique in getting crazy wind. Guess that's not true!

[Liberal Veteran]

2. It's also the speed of the hot air escaping Sean Hannity's piehole.

:D

[bbinacan]

3. LOL Thanks n/t

[DemoTex]

4. I registered 75 mph gusts at my mountain place.

And I am on the protected side of the mountain. Lot's of trees down, roads blocked, and generators running. Life in the mountains! Everything is OK tonight!

Mac

[bbinacan]

6. Glad to hear you're OK. n/t

[DemoTex]

8. Thanks, sir.

Glad to have another NC'Dem on DU!

Mac

[bbinacan]

9. Native NC

which is rare these days. I was born in Sanford and now live in Raleigh.

[Greylyn58]

12. Winds were really whipping in Charlotte, NC

too. Dead tree branches were falling all over my apartment complex and the wind was really pushing my car around as I was driving. There was a terrible wind chill too.

[SPKrazy]

11. While Over 200 mph is Amazing!

Canyon winds can be pretty strong under the right circumstances