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Re: Silicon Sea: Beaufort Wind Scale
From: Dan Hogan
Date: 2002 Oct 15, 20:01 -0700
From: Dan Hogan
Date: 2002 Oct 15, 20:01 -0700
In my sailing the actual wind speed was not of great concern. What interested me was the sea state in relation to the wind speed in my location. That provided more information than a wind at 20 Mph radio report. That's what I like about the Beaufort scale. Cheers -Dan-