U-Haul #111: New Hampshire
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member crackergals
N 43° 13.860 W 071° 33.583
19T E 292140 N 4789648
The crew of the Mt. Washington observatory measured, with an anemometer, the world record surface wind speed. How can this historical outpost record extremes rivaling those of polar regions and some of the most rugged places on earth?
Waymark Code: WM6H3F
Location: New Hampshire, United States
Date Posted: 06/04/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member The Blue Quasar
Views: 158

What started out as a fairly pleasant morning atop New Hampshire's Mount Washington, a beautiful but relatively small peak, turned into a weather phenomenon that would go down in history. Seventy one years ago, Mount Washington experienced the windiest day its ever seen ... though to call it windy would be an understatement. On April 12, 1934, the Mount Washington Observatory anemometer recorded an astonishing wind speed of 231 miles per hour. Not only did this small observatory make history, it continues to maintain its reputation of having some of the "worst weather in the world," according to meteorologists. New Hampshire is located in the New England region United States. It became the first post-colonial sovereign nation in the Americas when it broke off from Great Britain in January 1776, and was one of the original thirteen states that founded the United States of America. New Hampshire was the first U.S. state to have its own state constitution, and is the only state with neither a general sales tax nor a personal income tax at either the state or local level. Concord is the state capital. It is known internationally for the New Hampshire primary, the first primary in the U.S. presidential election cycle. Its license plates carry the state motto: "Live Free or Die." The state nickname is "The Granite State,” in reference to its geology and its tradition of self-sufficiency. "Default Image and any additional cited content and/or images from the U-Haul SuperGraphics website are used with permission from U-Haul International."
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Coordinates of Featured Scene: N 44° 16.142 W 071° 17.873

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