Comments on: Building an indoor hurricane at the University of Miami http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/building-an-indoor-hurricane-a.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Kai Sikorski http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/building-an-indoor-hurricane-a.html#comment-1523821 Kai Sikorski Sun, 02 Sep 2012 19:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178931#comment-1523821 Don't you have to match the Reynolds number to something resembling what it would be for a Hurricane to get useful data? The size of the tank is orders of Magnitude below the size of a hurricane, so don't you need wind speeds orders of Magnitude higher? Don’t you have to match the Reynolds number to something resembling what it would be for a Hurricane to get useful data? The size of the tank is orders of Magnitude below the size of a hurricane, so don’t you need wind speeds orders of Magnitude higher?

]]> By: Jim Kelly http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/building-an-indoor-hurricane-a.html#comment-1522796 Jim Kelly Fri, 31 Aug 2012 18:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178931#comment-1522796 This is actually the *second* hurricane simulator on Key Biscayne. The long lost (okay closed in 1991) Planet Ocean attraction across the street from UM used to have a "walk-through hurricane room" calibrated to scare the bejesus out of fourth-graders. They also had a *touchable iceberg*. Damn, I miss being a kid in South Florida in the Seventies. This is actually the *second* hurricane simulator on Key Biscayne. The long lost (okay closed in 1991) Planet Ocean attraction across the street from UM used to have a “walk-through hurricane room” calibrated to scare the bejesus out of fourth-graders.

They also had a *touchable iceberg*. Damn, I miss being a kid in South Florida in the Seventies.

]]> By: Incipient Madness http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/building-an-indoor-hurricane-a.html#comment-1522615 Incipient Madness Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178931#comment-1522615  But then you miss out on our local beach games like shipspotting and debris hunting. But the water is indeed warm. I grew up on the Gulf and I couldn't believe how cold the water is in California.  But then you miss out on our local beach games like shipspotting and debris hunting.

But the water is indeed warm. I grew up on the Gulf and I couldn’t believe how cold the water is in California.

]]> By: d3matt http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/building-an-indoor-hurricane-a.html#comment-1522570 d3matt Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178931#comment-1522570 OT... if you do visit the gulf, go east of the Mississippi River or south of Corpus Christi, TX OT…

if you do visit the gulf, go east of the Mississippi River or south of Corpus Christi, TX

]]> By: DewiMorgan http://boingboing.net/2012/08/31/building-an-indoor-hurricane-a.html#comment-1522488 DewiMorgan Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178931#comment-1522488 Hardly an "indoor hurricane": it's the size of a Dutch barge. But that should be big enough to get some good data on  ocean/wind interaction. Hardly an “indoor hurricane”: it’s the size of a Dutch barge.

But that should be big enough to get some good data on  ocean/wind interaction.

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