Wind

[DaveM]

as I have always said our weather is mostly good my side but we do have problems with heavy winds around this time of the year. So last night the wind started up and has really been blowing since then.

It has now taken down one of the heavy cranes in our harbour.

 

[Rocky]

Wow, that's pretty shocking! That must have been one heck of a crash!
Those cranes are very sturdy and I'm surprised that the wind could take one down.
Poor maintenance; high wind; both?

Our waterfront has many of those massive container cranes and they easily survived hurricane Juan.

 

[DaveM]

This is not the first time we have had one of those being taken down by the wind. The wind can really get strong here at times.

 

[Rocky]

Those must be hurricane force winds then to bring down a huge steel structure.

 

[DaveM]

Well apparently the now hitting 130 kilometer/hour = 80.778 254 991 mile/hour (mph)

 

[Rocky]

That doesn't seem that strong, but I guess it was.

 

[DaveM]

I think it is stronger at the habour point.

 

[Greyfell]

Did it end up blocking the harbor entrance much?

 

[DaveM]

Did it end up blocking the harbor entrance much?

When I was down that side about an hour back there were ship entering the harbour so I am not sure if the moved some of the parts that fell into the water or not.

 

[Qship]

We get those high winds in my home province as well. An area known as "The Wreckhouse" has a long history of blowing trucks off the road and even railcars when the railroad went through Newfoundland.
Wreckhouse, Newfoundland and Labrador - Wikipedia

 

[triumph david]

That's some strong wind, sure reminds me of a tornado.

 

[DaveM]

During these windy tines we also have to watch for trees coming down. Loads of branches and other stuff on the roads to navigate around as well.

 

[Rocky]

We get those high winds in my home province as well. An area known as "The Wreckhouse" has a long history of blowing trucks off the road and even railcars when the railroad went through Newfoundland.
Wreckhouse, Newfoundland and Labrador - Wikipedia

I rode through and then back through Wreckhouse (only one road) on a bike, but there was no wind on those days.
This is a picture I took of the area.

 

[DaveM]

Looks like a stunning area for a day out.

 

[Rocky]

Looks like a stunning area for a day out.

Four of us were on a 10 day ride through the island province of Newfoundland. Beautifully rugged there.
You can only get there by plane or ferry.
It was too far to jump our bikes so we took the ferry

This is the 12.9 km bridge to another island province. I've been over it by bike several times. When the wind is too high they ban slab-sided vehicles. The days I crossed were very calm.

 

[DaveM]

Wow that sure is a stunning setup with that bridge

 

[Rocky]

Wow that sure is a stunning setup with that bridge

Yes, it's quite a feat of engineering. Before 1999 you could only get over by plane or ferry.
There is still a ferry service on the other end of the island so sometimes we would go over on the ferry and home by bridge - and vice versa.
One of our club members has a cottage on the island and we would go over every year and spend the weekend, but he left the club and I haven't been over by bike since 2004.