Re[2]: [at-l] Mt Washington winds

[tmcginnis@ucclan.state.in.us (Thomas McGinnis)]

     From Inside the building???!! Yuck! What a picture! For sure: Glad I'm 
     not on it, either!


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Subject: RE: [at-l] Mt Washington winds
Author:  "L. Clayton Parker" <lparker@cacaphony.net> at ima
Date:    1/14/99 2:00 PM


No, sucked out is right. It is a vacuum caused by a venturi effect - the 
same principal that those hose end sprayers work off of. The fast moving 
stream of air (or water) moving past the narrow opening produces a vacuum 
that drags air (or water) out of the opening.
     
Lee I Joe
     
     
>      I recall hearing this somewhere. But I think the better answer might 
>      be having the water "pushed" out, via pressurization of the
> building's
>      interior. Anyone?
>
     
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