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4.12.06
Deep Thoutghts
Quick thought.
Chicago is windy as shit. I remember hearing that Chicago was dubbed the Windy City for political reasons. What a ridiculous coincidence. That's like calling the North Pole "Snow City" because Santa has a cocaine problem.
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I never remember hearing that about Chicago, the political part that is. I have been there however and it actually almost blew my body away- I'm pretty sure it was the spring. It is in fact windy as shit.
I was very well aware of the political business. In fact, I think I might have been the one to tell you that. Oh, those Chicagoans.. such windbags.
In other news.. this website will give you an idea of how Chicago actually compares to the rest of the US cities in terms of windiness. And, just as I suspected, Boston (12.4 mph) rates higher than both Chicago (10.3 mph) and New York (12.2 mph) (although they don't mention it in the short article).
See, there are other factors that should be considered when determining the "windiness" of a city. I didn't look into how these sources got their data, but I think wind gusts are more important/devastating. Also, it depends on where you are measuring this. I'm sure these data came from airports, which aren't in the downtown environment of thier respective cities. There's just something about the buildings in Chicago that funnels the wind from the plains and the lakes at super-high speeds. And again, it's the gusts that would knock a person like Michelle on her ass. I've been to Boston only once, but I've been to New York a bunch of times and it doesn't seem nearly as windy. One theory is that Chicago is more grid-like and therefore doesn't obstruct the wind as much as the convoluted NY alleys.
Ok, I just read that Wikipedia article and it says the same thing. Regardless, the wind it ridonk.
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I never remember hearing that about Chicago, the political part that is. I have been there however and it actually almost blew my body away- I'm pretty sure it was the spring. It is in fact windy as shit.
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It appears it may be debated? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windy_City%2C_Origin_of_Name_%28Chicago%29
~m
I was very well aware of the political business. In fact, I think I might have been the one to tell you that. Oh, those Chicagoans.. such windbags.
In other news.. this website will give you an idea of how Chicago actually compares to the rest of the US cities in terms of windiness. And, just as I suspected, Boston (12.4 mph) rates higher than both Chicago (10.3 mph) and New York (12.2 mph) (although they don't mention it in the short article).
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/resources/askjack/archive-windy-city.htm
See, there are other factors that should be considered when determining the "windiness" of a city. I didn't look into how these sources got their data, but I think wind gusts are more important/devastating. Also, it depends on where you are measuring this. I'm sure these data came from airports, which aren't in the downtown environment of thier respective cities. There's just something about the buildings in Chicago that funnels the wind from the plains and the lakes at super-high speeds. And again, it's the gusts that would knock a person like Michelle on her ass. I've been to Boston only once, but I've been to New York a bunch of times and it doesn't seem nearly as windy. One theory is that Chicago is more grid-like and therefore doesn't obstruct the wind as much as the convoluted NY alleys.
Ok, I just read that Wikipedia article and it says the same thing. Regardless, the wind it ridonk.
You'd think Santa would be thinner if that were the case.
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