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Spent $350 on a new anemometer after a close call in high winds
It gave me a solid 20-minute warning before a gust front hit our site in Tulsa, letting me secure the load. Anyone have a reliable brand for wind socks that won't fray in a season?
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taylor9293mo ago
Wind socks are great for a quick visual, but in my experience they're not a replacement for real-time data when you need that lead time.
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fiona5023mo ago
Yeah wind socks aren't a replacement, but they're not meant to be. They're for instant visual cues when you're already outside working. The anemometer gives you the forecast, the sock shows you what's happening right now.
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seth_green852mo ago
Wind socks also tell you something about turbulence that an anemometer can miss with gusts coming from different directions, since the sock will wiggle and shift in ways the numbers don't show. I remember a guy in the farm forum talking about how his digital gauge said 12 mph steady but the wind sock was flipping around like crazy, and sure enough a microburst hit 20 minutes later. Maybe it's just me but having both tools gives you a fuller picture that neither one can do alone.
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