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Started by iago, July 18, 2005, 10:17:56 PM

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iago

July 18, 2005, 10:17:56 PM
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, 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. 

wires

#1
July 18, 2005, 11:04:19 PM
Send me some street signs!

There was a tornado here about 2 weeks ago.

RoMi

#2
July 18, 2005, 11:08:58 PM
But in a hurricane the winds are like that for hours.  Still unusually strong for a thunderstorm.
-RoMi

Blaze

#3
July 18, 2005, 11:26:10 PM
The storm was on the news here for like 20 seconds.  Good job, you were on longer then that ladys dead body being found..
And like a fool I believed myself, and thought I was somebody else...

Quik

#4
July 19, 2005, 12:40:54 AM
Pictures for zorm?
Quote[20:21:13] xar: i was just thinking about the time iago came over here and we made this huge bomb and light up the sky for 6 min
[20:21:15] xar: that was funny

iago

#5
July 19, 2005, 09:36:01 AM
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". 

AntiVirus

#6
July 20, 2005, 02:57:44 AM
Sucks for you Ron.
The once grove of splendor,
Aforetime crowned by lilac and lily,
Lay now forevermore slender;
And all winds that liven
Silhouette a lone existence;
A leafless oak grasping at eternity.

"They say that I must learn to kill before I can feel safe, but I rather kill myself then turn into their slave."
- The Rasmus

rabbit

#7
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?!

iago

#8
July 20, 2005, 04:34:22 PM

rabbit

#9
July 20, 2005, 08:06:15 PM
WTF?!

iago

#10
July 20, 2005, 09:05:43 PM
He's a friend I know from AIM.  But Brandon also happens to be the closest largish town to my city. 

Blaze

#11
July 20, 2005, 11:17:09 PM
I was about to say... Brandon is NOT a city. :P

How many people live in winnipeg, roughly?
And like a fool I believed myself, and thought I was somebody else...

iago

#12
July 21, 2005, 09:50:06 AM
Around 650,000.

Blaze

#13
July 22, 2005, 12:28:51 AM
I *might* be in winnipeg sometime this month..
And like a fool I believed myself, and thought I was somebody else...

iago

#14
July 22, 2005, 01:47:54 PM
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
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