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Regional Boards => Mountain West => Topic started by: Dougtone on January 22, 2014, 06:29:23 PM

Title: 355 mph winds in Casper, Wyoming? Electronic sign causes social media storm
Post by: Dougtone on 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 (http://tinyurl.com/nlzujl8)
Title: Re: 355 mph winds in Casper, Wyoming? Electronic sign causes social media storm
Post by: SD Mapman on 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.
Title: Re: 355 mph winds in Casper, Wyoming? Electronic sign causes social media storm
Post by: The High Plains Traveler on January 22, 2014, 10:39:49 PM
A relatively calm day in Wyoming.
Title: Re: 355 mph winds in Casper, Wyoming? Electronic sign causes social media storm
Post by: hm insulators on February 11, 2014, 03:40:02 PM
Where was Jim Cantore? :D
Title: Re: 355 mph winds in Casper, Wyoming? Electronic sign causes social media storm
Post by: KEK Inc. on February 11, 2014, 04:05:48 PM
I thought that was normal in Wyoming.

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