Meteorologists baffled by bizarre isolated winds that whip San Francisco Bay Area

SF Gate ^ | 9/11/17 | Amy Graff

[Paladin2]

Maybe draining the swamp in DC would affect levels in the Chesapeake eventually.

[Freedom56v2]

I love Carmel :)

[dadfly]

yup. unpredicted high winds last night in our neighborhood.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

"Galloping Gertie" -- the old Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Vortex shedding was one of the causes proposed for the failure of the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge in 1940, but was rejected because the frequency of the vortex shedding did not match that of the bridge. The bridge actually failed by aeroelastic flutter.

"Flutter" is probably a San Fran phenomenon, too.

[RayChuang88]

That was up in Tacoma, WA. The bridge designers didn’t realize the resonance frequency of the suspension span made it extremely vulnerable to high winds, and on a windy day, the wind caused a resonant swaying that eventually caused the span to fall. When the replacement bridge opened in 1950, it was designed to vastly better handle the high winds in the area.

[BenLurkin]

Klingon cloaked

[TalBlack]

These are the same people who think they can predict “global warming” A little wind baffles these dummies...

[mountainlion]

Check out H.A.R.R.P for a lot of your atmospheric mysteries.

[Patriot777]

Earthquake

[Roccus]

I must have slept thru the big whooosh.. not a fruit dropped last night.

Not even in the Mission District bars?

[lone star annie]

Post of the day!! LOL

[kaehurowing]

“While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house: And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.” Job 1:18-19

[sheana]

I was in Ventura burning up when that happened. Ran into one of my neighbors as he was coming back from Santa Barbara and he was like.....wow! Wind and pouring in Santa Barbara! It was just hot and humid as heck in Ventura. Finally sprinkled a little that night.

[Patriot Babe]

Wow I guess we need to start building those strong Dome Houses.

[PeterPrinciple]

Way out west, they got a name
For rain and wind and fire
The rain is Tess, the fire’s joe and
They call the wind Mariah

[Behind the Blue Wall]

I was awakened by it. It really was pretty odd, a generally windless night broken by an or so of 40-50 mph winds. From the sound of it, and the current weather, I’d bet it was just a little early season super weak and small low-pressure system blowing through.

[mabarker1]

Cloaked ET’s Racing.

Now Uncloak and put it on TV, I’m fed up with NUTZCAR.

[Yaelle]

I can go from 115 to 85 degrees in 20 minutes on one road here. (SoCal Malibu area)

[MayflowerMadam]

Maybe it’s a message from Above...?

[Pajamajan]

"Check out H.A.R.R.P. for a lot of your atmospheric mysteries"

Think it's called H.A.A.R.P. and sounded like a bad idea. Experimenting with weather control might give too much opportunity for the laws of unintended consequences to come into play IMO.