Mt. Washington lost the record

[blalor]

231-mph NH wind gust is no longer world's fastest - Yahoo! News

Quote:

First the Old Man, now the Big Wind. New Hampshire's Mount Washington has lost its distinction as the site of the fastest wind gust ever recorded on Earth, officials at the Mount Washington Observatory said Tuesday.

… and Mount Washington Observatory (MWOBS) – Mount Washington World Record Wind Toppled

Quote:

“It’s natural to treat news like this with some level of skepticism,” said Henley. “Dr. Cerveny was kind enough to share the panel’s findings in advance of next month’s WMO meeting in Turkey. We’re going to spend some time reviewing the materials to learn more about the instrumentation, calibration, the methods used to calculate the wind speed and everything else that went into their investigation.”

Translated: "We're not going down without a fight!"

[GBMINI]

So do we drive to Australia for MOT2010?

[NHRef]

And the amazing thing is that the record was broken in 1996 - but no one realized it until recently.

You'd think anyone who is around any wind approaching 250 mph would think it was a 'big wind' . . .

[Oldpaint]

Quote: Originally Posted by NHRef (original)

And the amazing thing is that the record was broken in 1996 - but no one realized it until recently.

You'd think anyone who is around any wind approaching 250 mph would think it was a 'big wind' . . .

The concept of speed seems to be the problem.

[tedsmini]

Quote: Originally Posted by GBMINI (original)

So do we drive to Australia for MOT2010?

The view from the top last summer makes me think even though they're renaming it Lost Record Mountain, it's worth another shot this summer.