Storms Sixty Miles Up
TMIAT terrific storms rage 60 miles above the earth is the report of Dr Charles P. Olivier, of the University of Pennsylvania. : Some of these hurricanes, travelling at 150 miles an hour, blow at an angle of 55 degrees at a speed great enough to draw a balloon upward at twice express train speed. Three high-speed winds were observed and measured with the aid of meteor “trains,” according to Dr. Olivier. They were caught while 14 stations between New York and Ffedcricksberg, Virginia, were charting the flight of the Leonid meteors. One of these trains was watched for several minutes while it floated between 50 and 60 miles up. Several stations checked its motion accurately. The wind drove the train upward at 143 miles an hour.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 30 September 1933, Page 11
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130Storms Sixty Miles Up Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 30 September 1933, Page 11
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