We actually had a double storm, two at once. One of them dropped 100mm (about 6 inches) of rain in an hour. The winds were nearly strong enough to be hurricane-strength, but not quite. I saw a few full sized trees that were knocked over, and very big branches came off ours. There were also a couple dozen traffic lights that were blown over, and many street signs (the bus stop in front of my house ended up flat). Overall, it was a pretty sweet storm! Here is a link to the local newspaper:
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/WinnipegSun/News/2005/07/18/1136392-sun.html
The winds managed to collapse a barn:
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/WinnipegSun/News/2005/07/18/1136391-sun.html
According to the Saffir-Simpsons Hurricane Scale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir-Simpson_Hurricane_Scale), the winds would qualify for just barely a class-1 hurricane. To be a class-1 hurricane, which is the weakest one, you need sustained winds of between 119 and 153 km/h, and we reached 120km/h at one point. That's about 75 miles/hour. Although that speed wasn't sustained for very long.
Send me some street signs!
There was a tornado here about 2 weeks ago.
But in a hurricane the winds are like that for hours. Still unusually strong for a thunderstorm.
The storm was on the news here for like 20 seconds. Good job, you were on longer then that ladys dead body being found..
Pictures for zorm?
Quote from: RoMi on July 18, 2005, 11:08:58 PM
But in a hurricane the winds are like that for hours. Still unusually strong for a thunderstorm.
I know, I think I said somewhere that "but it wasn't sustained".
Sucks for you Ron.
Quote from: R.a.B.B.i.T on July 20, 2005, 02:38:28 PM
Quote from: Brandon on July 20, 2005, 02:57:44 AM
Sucks for you Ron.
WHO ARE YOU?!
He's BRANDON (http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=Brandon,+Manitoba,+Canada&spn=0.085602,0.272667&hl=en). A nearby city.
WTF?!
He's a friend I know from AIM. But Brandon also happens to be the closest largish town to my city.
I was about to say... Brandon is NOT a city. :P
How many people live in winnipeg, roughly?
Around 650,000.
I *might* be in winnipeg sometime this month..
Quote from: Blaze on July 22, 2005, 12:28:51 AM
I *might* be in winnipeg sometime this month..
Let me know if you are! We'll go bowling
Pool > Bowling
Agreed, but "we'll go pooling" isn't a Simpsons reference
As Quik said, where the hell are the pictures you bastard?!