"Ned Simmons" wrote in message
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On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 07:16:56 -0700 (PDT), Jim Wilkins
wrote:

New England isn't generally very windy though we do get line squalls
and hurricanes.


Though there are places here that do get a bit of wind...
http://www.nostalgiaville.com/travel...ham/gor124.jpg

The world record 231 MPH gust was clocked on the roof of that building
on the summit of Mt. Washington in 1934.

Ah, yes, I remember it well. d8-)

Even the lichens have trouble sticking to the rocks up there.

--
Ed Huntress