Stories from Mt. Washington Observatory, July 24
July 13, 2017
While many places on earth experience severe weather, few are inhabited by humans 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The Mount Washington Observatory has been operating a continuously-staffed scientific outpost on a remote peak since 1932, providing the Observatory with information on many remarkable storms and an intimate knowledge of the mountain.
Will Broussard, the Observatory’s Education Coordinator, will share Tales from the Home of the World’s Worst Weather, Monday, July 24 at 6:30 p.m. in Taylor Community’s Woodside Building. The event is free and open to the public.
Through the years, the hearty men and women of the Observatory has experienced white-out blizzards, stunning 100-mile vistas and everything in-between. They’ve survived a 230-mile wind gust, endless days of disorienting fog and snow drifts more than 20 feet tall. They have worked with scientists and celebrities, students and snow rangers. And they have amassed one of North America’s longest continuous climate records.