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355 mph winds in Casper, Wyoming? Electronic sign causes social media storm

Started by Dougtone, January 22, 2014, 06:29:23 PM

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Dougtone

January 22, 2014, 06:29:23 PM  
A gaffe from the Wyoming Department of Transportation caused an alert to motorists of 355+ mph winds, as opposed to the 35+ mph winds that they were actually trying to report.  Apparently, WYDOT has a dictionary for their electronic signs and 355 apparently passes muster in their dictionary.

Link to the article from the Casper Star-Tribune listed below...
http://tinyurl.com/nlzujl8

SD Mapman

#1
January 22, 2014, 07:21:04 PM  
QuoteBut "355"  is in WYDOT's dictionary. It has to be: There are mile markers with that number.
That's why.

It has been really windy in the area lately, though.
The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see. - G.K. Chesterton

The High Plains Traveler

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January 22, 2014, 10:39:49 PM  
A relatively calm day in Wyoming.
"Tongue-tied and twisted; just an earth-bound misfit, I."

hm insulators

#3
February 11, 2014, 03:40:02 PM  
Where was Jim Cantore? :D
Remember: If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

I'd rather be a child of the road than a son of a ditch.


At what age do you tell a highway that it's been adopted?

KEK Inc.

#4
February 11, 2014, 04:05:48 PM  
I thought that was normal in Wyoming.

Take the road less traveled.
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