THEY CALL THE WIND MARIAH

'Way Out West, they got a name
For rain and wind and fire
The rain is Tess, the fire is joe
And they call the wind Mariah'..

Today's very high wind speeds brings the topic of wind to the fore. For a while we got blown away with headwinds at gale force. Most of us take it in our stride but wind is no laughing matter. Acccording to Wikipedia "winds are often referred to according to their strength and direction from which they are blowing." Familiar meteorological terms  such as breeze, gale, squalls, hurricane can add to the romance in appreciating weather.

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ccording to this article "wind has inspired mythology.".. and even influenced events in our long history. My old and late friend, Clarence W. Wight, dentist encouraged me to read Two Years Before The Mast by Richard Henry Dana. It is when you read a book like this classic do you get the gist of 'Red Sails in the Sunset." The powers of wind are so far reaching.

According to Hoyle 'Wind is caused by differences the  atmospheric pressure.' The wind has been around since day one. Measuring the wind speed is fun for me!An anemometer IS A WIND-SPEED INDICATOR and has been known to get blown away in hurricane-force winds. Of course there's lot's of winds and hot air found in Washington. LOL.

Billy Joel mentions the Beaufort Scale in his Storm Front album.

This time of year tornadoes steal the show with high-speed winds +300 mph. The Worcesster, MA Tornado was a great example of one of the worst occurring back in June of 1953.

I always thought the term monsoon meant rain when it fact it refers to seasonal winds in the Tropics like Vietnam. These last several months as indicated in the Wik article.

Here's a new thought: KAMIKAZE is a divine Japanese word meaning divine wind. Ships of yesteryear hoisted cloth masts to capture wind and et sail. Today, wind turbines, generate electric power. Not a big generator in the scheme of things.

Cattle and sheep are prone to wind chill as are humans.

It is truly an amazing world we live in but remember "The Call The Wind Mariah!"