Prof. Paul Sclavounos designs floating windmills that are safe even in hurricane force conditions.
Your consideration that if your boat is being moved at 60 mph (97 km/h) into a 14 mile (23 km) per hour head wind, it is experiencing hurricane force conditions, as well as any inclement weather that may be encountered en-route.
The storm also unleashed hurricane-force winds and blizzard conditions in the eastern Rockies and western Plains.
SAN FRANCISCO — A fierce Pacific storm howled into Northern California on Friday, bringing a treacherous mix of flooding, hurricane-force winds, and blizzard conditions for millions of residents.
But, as they ascended the Titan Dome, they confronted the most brutal conditions yet: hurricane-force gales, and a wind-chill temperature of minus sixty degrees.
Several bridges in the area were shut down prior to Bob's arrival as hurricane-force winds were likely to create life-threatening conditions on them.
The landfall intensity was based on a pressure of 957 mbar in Groton, Connecticut, where the eye resulted in calm conditions and clear skies, followed by hurricane-force winds and storm tide that destroyed ninety percent of area homes.
In Maine, where the Weather Service had issued a warning until midnight Eastern for hurricane-force winds along the coast, residents were taking the harsh wintry conditions in stride.
Arctic conditions are among the most extreme on Earth, including hurricane-force winds, high seas, impenetrable fog, and shifting sea ice.
Despite his tenuous living conditions, Christopher is lucky that his family's tent was not lashed by hurricane-force wind and torrential rains, as most people here had feared.
Such volatile temperatures, early in the year, helped contribute to the conditions for the deadly derecho thunder storm which blew through the Washington DC area with hurricane-force winds, killing some 22 people.
