"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Yesterday evening I was chatting with Mrs. Shortwave in the living
room when this huge blast of wind hit the front of the house - it was
windy anyway, but I forgot to check the wind reading on my handy dandy
weather station.

I just remembered and checked - 67 MPH!!!!

Sustained for 38 seconds.

Whoof - that's a lot of moving air.


We have a cupola on the house peak. At about 5pm yesterday I heard a crash,
thump, and then the sound of glass smashing on the driveway. It was the
light fixture from the cupola, torn out by the wind and landing about 2 feet
from my truck.

RCE