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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.   
      
   RM> I'm currently sitting here listening to the wind howling   
   RM> through the trees. That's been happening a lot this winter   
   RM> and I don't remember it being that frequent in the past   
      
   AA>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.   
      
   RM> The most exciting day here I remember happened in late   
   RM> November one year. I don't think it was snowing at the   
   RM> time but the wind was reported to have hit 165 kph (100   
   RM> mph) and I seriously wondered if the building would still   
   RM> be standing the next day   
      
   AA>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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    * SLMR Rob  * Rich men and pretty women never hear the truth   
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