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The Benbrook Bandit

Posted by Sudste in Fun, Garden, Home, Outdoors, Video on June 8th, 2008 at 08:25pm

And now, our Feature Presentation…

The Windy City

Posted by Steven in Fun, Home, Outdoors, Places on June 5th, 2008 at 02:55pm

I’m fascinated by weather. Wind is weather and so I present you with these numbers from weather.com. It’s exceptionally windy right now.

Benbrook, TX at 4:45 PM

Wind: 35 MPH, gusting to 50 MPH
40% Humidity
94 Degrees

It doesn’t feel like 94 degrees. Must be the wind!

Windiest Big Cities

We also must debunk the myth that Chicago is the windy city. I present you with average wind speeds from big American cities.

Milwaukee – 11.5 MPH
Dallas-Fort Worth – 10.7 MPH
San Francisco Airport – 10.6 MPH (I don’t think airports should count)
Minneapolis-St Paul – 10.5 MPH
Chicago – 10.3 MPH (hah!)
Detroit – 10.3 MPH
Philadelphia – 9.5 MPH
Miami – 9.2 MPH
Seattle – 8.9 MPH
Houston – 7.7 MPH
Los Angeles – 7.5 MPH

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You Learn Something New Every Day

Posted by Steven in Fun, Garden, Home, Outdoors, Work on June 2nd, 2008 at 07:10pm

Today I learned that in North Texas you can edge your lawn during Spring at 9 PM because it’s still bright out. I also learned that battery powered edgers work! Since I don’t have a cordless electric blower yet I’m going to see if the wind blows the clippings away overnight. There’s pretty much been a constant stream of 20 MPH wind all Spring. Eat your heart out Chicago.