Wind Storm in Palm Springs

Cobber99

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Published 2009-04-03

Downtown had 69 m.p.h. gusts. This is a collection of what I could see.

All Comments (15)

@IvanHernandez-kz5uq 10 months ago

Those are costly repairs and some clean ups for the city
@triton115 14 years ago

I think I'd have to agree. I have personally experienced 60+ mile per hour winds many times before, and there was never any structural damage to my house, or within the surrounding neighborhood. Heck, I even saw videos of roofs that stayed on buildings through Hurricane Andrew, which was 175 miles per hour with gusts to 200 for a full 5 hours.
@Cobber99 15 years ago

Well, six total panels blew off the Westman-owned building there behind the library on the corner of Tahquitz and Palm, but I could only find 3 of the 6! Two flew over to the back roof of the Plaza Theatre and one was ON La Plaza. Wild!
@bossco2001 15 years ago

Wow what a mess. Good editing too.
@Cobber99 14 years ago

Yeah - such is the quality of the buildings downtown - mostly all owned by one man.
@hebneh 15 years ago

Maybe when the wind blows that strong, it doesn't feel quite as overpoweringly hot as it usually does there.
@glennaweber5643 2 years ago

0:36 is that Geddy Lee voice I hear
@kaczerm 15 years ago

okay ill do that , thank you so much i was worried too
@XenomorphLV426 14 years ago

this is typical weather for North Palm Springs.
@triton115 14 years ago

And just what were those panels held down by? Paper chains? Elmer's school glue?
@Cobber99 15 years ago

Matthew, Yep - she is still around. I was worried for a few months as she kinda disappeared, but I snapped a picture of her back on her route downtown last week. I was going to post a link, but YouTube doesn't allow url's. How non web 2.0 lame is that? Anyway - I'm Cobber99 on Flickr and if you search for "Darlene" you will find it. Doesn't seem like she has gained any unfortunately.
@kaczerm 15 years ago

damn that was bad , hope no one got hurt . I have a quick question , I live in Canada near Toronto and I haven't heard anything about Darlene Rocky, You know The Woman with anorexia :( in over a year. just wanted to know how shes doing if you've heard anything please let me know , Thanks Matthew
@joelelah1 15 years ago

The wind doesn't blow in the Coachella Valley....it sucks!
@Cobber99 15 years ago

HA! Instead of feeling like you stuck your head in an over, it's like sticking your head in a windy oven. GREAT if you need your hair dry quick...