Weather observer blown through the air by 109 mph winds
Have you ever wondered what would happen if you were to face down hundred-mile-per-hour winds? It seems you will be left flying in the air.
Weather Observers Mike Dorfman and Tom Padham from Mount Washington Observatory experienced very strong winds that left them to "fully appreciate that air is in fact a fluid and not empty space". According to the description on a YouTube video posted by Mount Washington Observatory, the two “took a brief break this morning to enjoy the windy and wintry conditions on the observation deck."
The video shows amazing footage of one of them ‘flying’ in the air as he is carried away by the wind.
“Wind on the summit is an experience that you can’t just describe to understand. It makes you fully appreciate that air is in fact a fluid and not empty space. It is really impossible to safely face down hundred-mile-per-hour winds almost anywhere else; you’d either be risking your life trying to hike into them (I was exhausted after several minutes of playing in the wind) or risking your life in a hurricane, where flying debris and shrapnel poses a huge threat,” they wrote on Mount Washington Observatory's website.
Below is the incredible video: