[at-l] 70 years agon yesterday

[buchanan at gtcinternet.com (S Buchanan)]

Papa Bear wrote:
> Mount Washington land wind speed record: April 12, 1934

The Mt Washington Weather Discovery Center in North Conway has a little 
booth built that recreates what it would have felt like inside the 
building at that time.  It has a little "window" so you can watch the 
stuff blow by, and the booth shakes as the wind increases, and the dials 
record the wind speed.  Evidently someone building this figured that one 
of those 5 cats that were reported as huddled around the stove, actually 
made it outside - it flies past the window at one point!  It's a little 
corny, but lots of fun.  Playing with wind at the hands on stuff all 
over that center is lots of fun.

And the people who work there are lots of fun as well. The guy "Crane" 
quoted at the end of this piece is Peter Crane.  If any of you saw the 
"Breakfast of Champions" video in the visitor center on top of Mt 
Washington, that was Peter as the 'customer'.  I work next door to this 
crew, and have gotten to know them - a very very good bunch of people!

spike