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Wind Record Set In N.C. Mountains, Some Damage Reported
POSTED: 5:17 pm EST January 25, 2006
LINVILLE, N.C. -- Wind gusts set new records in North Carolina early Wednesday and caused some damage to the visitor's center at Grandfather Mountain.
Winds gusted to at least 200 mph early Wednesday morning at the U.S. Weather Service reporting station atop Grandfather Mountain, breaking the record for the highest wind ever at the mountain of 195.5 mph set on April 18, 1997.
Officials at Grandfather Mountain said the upper limit on their anemometer is 200 mph, but the needle on the gauge went beyond its limit, leading weather observers to speculate that the wind speeds exceeded 200 mph. The highest wind speed ever recorded in the Eastern U.S. was 231 mph at Mount Washington, N.H. on April 12, 1934.
Grandfather Mountain's summit visitors center suffered extensive damage when the wind blew out three double-strength, steel-wire-reinforced windows, ripped up floor tiles, blew open a locked door; tore a wooden mantel off a wall and upended a 300-pound boulder that was cemented into the parking area.
Metal frames from two of the windows were also ripped from the wall and found more than 200 yards away.
The Mile High Swinging Bridge appears to have survived the windstorm without damage, officials said. The bridge is anchored by two large cables and stabilized by 42 support cables.
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The power of the elements is amazing. I worked on Grandfather Mountain in '97. Got caught up on the mountain in a pretty bad storm. As I was crossing the parking lot to get to the visitor center, a wind gust blew me down. That gust was 100 mph! I can only imagine 200!!!
Joined: Wed Mar 02, 2005 3:43 am Posts: 18418 Location: Anytown, USA Gender: Male
200mph????????
oh shit son.
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Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 7:19 pm Posts: 39068 Location: Chapel Hill, NC, USA Gender: Male
Wow, I was just there Tuesday! There are spots on Grandfather Mountain you'd want to avoid when the wind is gusting up to 200mph:
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I'm sure some of the gusts around here lately have topped at least 100 mph. Half of the tiles that go in the space where the roof hangs over the outide walls of my house have blown off, and one of our trash cans blew six houses down the block, with trash in it. It's ridiculous.
Joined: Mon Oct 18, 2004 2:16 am Posts: 1213 Location: Greenwich CT
We had some pretty strong winds here two weeks ago. I think there were gusts up to 75 MPH, which isnt 200 MPH but we still had trees down ALL over town and there were houses with out power for the better part of a week.
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