Wow! What wind!

[Imagebuffet]

I attended the free Bancroft Family Concert at the Dallas Art Museum, today. Afterward, I stopped at the Trammell Crow building, to shoot photos of sculptures of naked women outdoors. As I came around one corner of the building, the wind picked up so much that I thought I was just about to come straight up off the ground. I thrust down my arms to help me keep my balance, when, suddenly, the 3x5 note cards in my shirt pocket were sucked up into the air. It sounded like a giant vacuum cleaner sucked them out of my pocket. In a moment, they raced past a cornice, 50 feet over my head.

Those note cards are my memory. I was able to recover 3 cards, but I lost all my phone numbers. I spent about 2 hours searching over 4 city blocks for my cards.

[Hanky]

i recorded 26 mph at the house today
probably double that with the effect of the buildings

[Imagebuffet]

Originally Posted by Hanky

i recorded 26 mph at the house today
probably double that with the effect of the buildings

This was one of the strongest winds I have ever felt outside, and that one area had the strongest winds anywhere around the building.

I noticed several young women wearing flowing dresses and going into the A.H. Belo House across the street had Marilyn Monroe moments.

[CaptainTom]

Originally Posted by Imagebuffet

This was one of the strongest winds I have ever felt outside, and that one area had the strongest winds anywhere around the building.

I noticed several young women wearing flowing dresses and going into the A.H. Belo House across the street had Marilyn Monroe moments.

Another useless thread......without Marilyn Monroe style pictures

[texkam]

Another useless thread......without Marilyn Monroe style pictures

...but not of Richard.

[Dobick]

yesterday's max wind gust for slaton

47mph 197° 05:05 PM
taken from West Texas Mesonet - Additional Climate Data

as you will see if you click the link -- several of the area locations has over 60 mph gusts

[Todd Lambert]

Yeah, it was crazy! I was up in Denison and it was blowing pretty hard.

On the way back down 75, it was blowing really hard... moved my full-size pickup well out of the lane a few times.

[Hanky]

my little whirly gig is not located per spec (8' above nearest obstruction) so by all means accuracy suffers but someday i have a dream to get proper readings

[Truckman]

I saw the thread title and thought somebody had gotten behind Capt. Tom in line at Taco Bell again......Ben

[DEMDeepEllumMusic]

Yeah we will have winds like this for a couple weeks and then it will calm down, happens every year. Folks outside of Abilene love this! (windfarms)

Watching some clouds right now hooking it pretty fast across the sky.

[CaptainTom]

Originally Posted by Truckman

I saw the thread title and thought somebody had gotten behind Capt. Tom in line at Taco Bell again......Ben

I think the next I get down to Conroe, you and I are going to have a go around...........you pick the first tavern I pick the next one, and so on and so on...

[Truckman]

Originally Posted by CaptainTom

I think the next I get down to Conroe, you and I are going to have a go around...........you pick the first tavern I pick the next one, and so on and so on...

Be prepared to do the drinking for both of us...I gave it up 33 years ago......Ben

[CaptainTom]

Originally Posted by Truckman

Be prepared to do the drinking for both of us...I gave it up 33 years ago......Ben

Then we'll just substitute:

Tavern = Taco Bell

[Imagebuffet]

Originally Posted by CaptainTom

Another useless thread......without Marilyn Monroe style pictures

I tried, I really did! But, women move a lot faster when their skirts blow up past their waist in real life than they do in the movies. It's hard to hold the camera steady and focus through that.

I happened to walk up to some women who were just arriving at the Belo Mansion, in time to hear the one woman excitedly telling her friend that her skirt keeps blowing up in this wind. Just then, her skirt blew up, revealing a nice set of legs. Faster than I could move, she had her hands around her hemline and her ankles. "See what I mean!" she exclaimed. I continued walking past them, acting nonchalant, but I still heard her friend encouraging her, "Just walk! Let's just walk!" And they both skittered inside.

Eventually, curiosity got the better of me, and I had nothing else to do, so I wandered inside. I found a column of people, 3 across and extending into another room, directly in front of me. That way was impassable, so I wandered around to the Pavilion in the back of the Mansion. I found fewer people in there, but a pair of uniformed police officers were watching everything. When I wandered around inside a bit more, a police officer retrieved me and escorted me out of the building. He did, at least, inform me that the people were present for two private weddings, one in front and one in back. I may have seen one of the brides, posing for photos over at the Dallas Museum of Art. She was beautiful, her dress was beautiful, the backgrounds and compositions chosen for her were beautiful and her wedding photos are going to beautiful.

[Truckman]

Originally Posted by CaptainTom

Then we'll just substitute:

Tavern = Taco Bell

Yer on......Ben