Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Ed P Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: [OT] My Hometown blew away! Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 18:34:32 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 00:34:35 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="b149e30eea06bc96552eb7c3dc926ace"; logging-data="2573936"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18jk5wmDqN0ZTfrztZCIxKpUQoBnmTlWbg=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:84I6SPbfQ8VE20pj9Grb6C2+TcY= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 1758 On 11/24/2024 5:08 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote: > On the 22nd, winds from the Pacific weather event ripped through my > hometown. Hawthorne won the Northern Nevada wind race! > The town is at the south end of a wind funnel, and 100 mph winds are not > unheard of. I even experienced a few. They make you light on your feet. > Also, watch your six as the town moves ten feet to the south. ;) > > [ObFood last night] steak, mashed potatoes and my ubiquitous canned > green beans. > > > > leo > We had that last hurricane. Depends on building codes. Here, we are built for 150 mph, some will be 180 now. Most places never see more than 60 t0 75 around the country and code is about 90 to 100. Amazing the damage it can do. .