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Care to share where that is? (Asking for a friend.)
by scrollaway 10y ago
Care to share where that is? (Asking for a friend.)
- owenversteeg 10y agoHahahaha I'd rather not share my exact location publicly on HN as I live quite close to the building. But if anyone would like to know, my email is in my profile, and I'll be happy to explain how to get to the building with public transit, other things to do in the area, and how to get inside it if you'd like. (The building is in the Netherlands.) If you (or anyone else) wants to try this for yourself, simply find a place where wind is channeled through a small-ish opening. Small in this context just means "smaller than the walls around it" so even a house-sized opening can work. Searching Twitter/Google for complaints about wind or getting knocked down by the wind can help.
- cr1895 10y agoI don't know the other person, but I studied at TUD which has a similar sounding phenomenon (can't be too uncommon in the NL; it's windy and flat). There's a tall, flat and narrow building around which wind can really rip. I've experienced it personally and it can be quite something during bad weather. Here's google streetview (you can even zoom into the high wind warning sign): https://www.google.nl/maps/@51.9991655,4.37303,3a,75y,43.4h,97.05t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1smmf6LrEjrK2J-_GcJ44Mmg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1 https://www.google.nl/maps/@51.9991655,4.37303,3a,75y,43.4h,... Here are a couple videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6QtxJNhiog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6QtxJNhiog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuEMUkBELN0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuEMUkBELN0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnF1FFQe8oc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnF1FFQe8oc