An Historical Climatology of Damaging Downslope Windstorms at Boulder, Colorado


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A climatology is developed for damaging downslope windstorms at Boulder, Colorado, based on newspaper accounts since 1869. One hundred and fifty-one documented windstorms provide the data on which statistical and climatological calculations are based. The area affected by downslope windstorms is described, information on the temporal distribution of the windstorms is given, including annual, monthly, and diurnal distributions, and windstorm characteristics are discussed. Wind-related damage is classified by severity and areal extent.




Windstorms


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East Troy, WI August 13, 2010 Romance and magic await readers as authors Kenny Rogers and Kay Heigh Blend collaborate to bring a spellbinding collection of poems. WindStorms, their newly released book through Xlibris, are bound to enchant readers from the first page down to the last. As the wind blows with authority yet gentleness, two soulsa knight, who protects his own heart from the pain of love and an enchantress, who seeks a sanctuary of happiness somewhere or from someoneare led closer to each other. Their captivating story unfolds through over four hundred poems that play around the pages of this uniquely woven anthology. With the themes of temptation and surrender, confusion and exploration, struggle and valor, and love and hate, each poem in this collection could stand on its own; but together, they make a striking tale of romance and adventure. Through melodic words, readers are immersed deep into a story with a fairy-tale theme, but one that is not always as perfect or as happily concluded. Intricately woven with just the right rhyme and rhythm, WindStorms presents pieces that follow the two souls search for something unknown, all the while summoned by nothing but the wind. It is a whimsical play of words that mirrors the realities of finding, falling, and riskingall in the name of love. Readers will be fascinated as they step into a magical fortress with every turn of the page. Kenny Rogers and Kay Heigh Blend







Severe Windstorms of Record


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A Deadly Wind


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Introduction -- Out on a limb -- Tracking typhoon freda -- Countdown to calamity -- Death comes to Eugene -- Coastal chaos -- Ground zero -- A wind like no other -- Fallen forests -- The wind and wine -- Bridgetown under siege -- Life turns on a dime -- Lions in the wind -- It happened at the fair (buon gusto) -- Terror in Stanley Park -- Stormy aftermath -- Epilogue