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A hailnado?

• dredmorbius 3y ago
  It's not the wind that's damaging so much as the things the wind is carrying. Hail. Rocks. Planks. Cows...
  • dredmorbius 3y ago
    Late edit: sharks.
  • Jeff_Brown 3y ago
    How fast does air have to go to hurt your face?
    • dredmorbius 3y ago
      Again, it depends on what's in it. At even modest cycling speeds, dust, sand, insects, rocks, small children, etc., may irritate or injure eyes. Eyewear is strongly recommended. At highway speeds (~100 kph) your eyes will tend to tear up. With goggles, motorcyclists, race-car drivers, and pilots sustain wind speeds of ~200--300 kph, though that is probably an upper reasonable limit, and again, any sort of debris will greatly increase trauma. (Some) pilots have survived supersonic bailouts or loss of structural integrity: <http://www.classichistory.net/archives/sr-71-breakup http://www.classichistory.net/archives/sr-71-breakup>. Though typically, that ride starts with a full flight suit and helmet, though it needn't end in the same state.
  • HeyLaughingBoy 3y ago
    Ron White "it's not that the wind is blowing, it's what the wind is blowing."
    • dredmorbius 3y ago
      There it is!
• thechao 3y ago
  Had a 90mph hailnado ~8 years ago. It came straight across the yard & drove water through the front door, spalled a 1/4" of limestone off the front of the house & stripped the blades off of the grass: we had a field of tiny, poky stalks.