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Jupiter will blow you away

Bad weather is exhilarating when viewed from just far away enough to avoid danger to yourself.
Take Jupiter for example. Want some wind? The giant planet will blow you away.
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is the Great Grandfather of all storms. Absolutely enormous! It’s a whopping 24,800 kilometres, 15,400 miles, across at its widest point. And it [...]

Posted by: Canny Granny on Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Wild and Windy Weather

We don’t get much wild weather where I live. But in Tasmania, about 550km, 340 miles to the south of me, it’s blowing at hurricane-force in several places. We have the tail end of it.
In my neck of the woods, powerlines are down, trains have stopped running, garden sheds flying around and [...]

Posted by: Canny Granny on Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008