leetdan
(Weather Guru)
Wed Sep 15 2004 08:04 PM
Re: I Think Frank This is a New Trend

And please, everybody settle down about the 320mph Buoy. Look at ANY other buoy or C-MAN station out there, and you'll see wind speeds fluctuate, and continue to fluctuate before during and after the storm. Even when wind sensors are taken out, they'll still fluctuate in the moments before they finally drop off to zero.

This buoy, on the other hand, is pegged at 322 mph. So there's either some sort of force, as yet unknown to man, that's keeping that anemometer spinning over 325 mph, presumably the max it can report, or THE DAMN THING ISN'T WORKING ANYMORE.

From an engineering standpoint, I can guarantee you it's the latter. There's no 322mph wind, there is however a malfunctioning buoy.



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