Hello Rob!

** On Friday 07.02.25 - 01:37, Rob Mccart wrote to me:

The most exciting day here I remember happened in late
November one year. I don't think it was snowing at the
time but the wind was reported to have hit 165 kph (100
mph) and I seriously wondered if the building would still
be standing the next day, being built at the top of a hill
and up on pillars of variable height to level the place
from a few inches in places to over 3 feet high, mostly at
the front which was the direction the wind was coming
from.

Does your structure have large/wide gables? That could
probably act as a catchall for the wind and send your cottage
to the land of Oz. But the nearby trees and ground-level
changes around you probably break/toss/twist the power of the
winds around a bit to lessen a direct impact?

I live in a small valley. The winds can have a significant
build-up effect if they want to. Some of the strongest storm
winds have been in the summer with driving rains. The
aforementioned 10ft wide glass door sustained quite a few of
those over the years. But nothing like that has happened in
over 10yrs now.


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Hello Rob!

I'm currently sitting here listening to the wind howling
through the trees. That's been happening a lot this winter
and I don't remember it being that frequent in the past
when I was staying here, but that could be a memory issue
rather than a weather change.. B)

I don't have any cluster of trees near the house (except for
one 40ft blue spruce to the East, and some weak/old/broken
cherry trees to the West, both pretty close to the house where
their branches can scrape the roof. So, I don't experience the
howling/train sound that some people mention when they live
deep within a cluster of pines.

Perhaps you should compliment your windy nights with this read:

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Penguin Canada

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:D

The most exciting day here I remember happened in late
November one year. I don't think it was snowing at the
time but the wind was reported to have hit 165 kph (100
mph) and I seriously wondered if the building would still
be standing the next day, being built at the top of a hill
and up on pillars of variable height to level the place
from a few inches in places to over 3 feet high, mostly at
the front which was the direction the wind was coming
from.

I have a large 10ft wide spanning glass sliding door facing NW.
It has sustained fairly high winds over the years where the
glass flexes quite a bit. Dunno why, but there are cracking-
like sounds when it does that too.

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Re: that question about the weather service you were quoting.
I'm sure I've been there before but never looked at the 24 hour
readout, just clicked on what I needed on the 7 (?) day page.

I'm currently sitting here listening to the wind howling
through the trees. That's been happening a lot this winter
and I don't remember it being that frequent in the past

I don't have any cluster of trees near the house (except for

>one 40ft blue spruce to the East, and some weak/old/broken
>cherry trees to the West, both pretty close to the house where
>their branches can scrape the roof. So, I don't experience the
>howling/train sound that some people mention when they live
>deep within a cluster of pines.

I've mentioned being on a bedrock 'hill'.. that means trees don't
grow there. There are low spots that filled with soil over the
years but the most you get is grass and some good sized, but mostly
close to the ground bushes. There are lots of tall trees on the
property, oddly, more Oaks than Pines with a lot of birch and
poplar scattered around, but they start over 50 feet or so from
the house I'd think.. But I guess that just means the sound travels
further than expected.

The most exciting day here I remember happened in late
November one year. I don't think it was snowing at the
time but the wind was reported to have hit 165 kph (100
mph) and I seriously wondered if the building would still
be standing the next day

I have a large 10ft wide spanning glass sliding door facing NW.

>It has sustained fairly high winds over the years where the
>glass flexes quite a bit. Dunno why, but there are cracking-
>like sounds when it does that too.

My windows were not that great and are pretty old. I replaced the
hinged wooden windows with single paned aluminum sliders the year
after I bought the place in 1980 and I was more worried about
them being waterproof than insulating because I never planned to
be here in really cold weather.. (Best laid plans..)

Obviously they were much cheaper than thermal windows but they
worked well for a long time and have screens that are still the
originals and in good shape.

They have probably gotten a little more sloppy over the years
and in a strong wind they rattle quite a bit. Over the winter
I use double sided tape on the inside frames with a cover of
plastic to make them more air tight and insulate a bit and that
always shows well how poorly sealed those windows are when that
plastic sheeting balloons out in strong winds.. B)

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