On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:10:06 GMT, Jere Lull wrote:

Got hit a couple of years ago with one squall line that pegged the
anemometers around us at over 100 knots for what seemed forever.

When I was a kid here in Iowa the jet stream came down to ground level
and it blew a steady 100 all day. With the sun shining. No gusts, or
there would have been a lot more tree damage.

Casady