[Histonet] OT: Tuesday Tasty Tidbit

[Mark Tarango]

I dunno, when someone comes running by and I've got a ribbon in the air...
I'd call it wind speed.

There are a few people I can think of who have a strong naturally occuring
tornado-like wind surrounding them.  Reminds me of the tasmanian devil.  I'm
sure it's something truly unmeasurable lol

On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Judith L. Williams <juditw <@t> u.washington.edu>
wrote:

> Tell the person interested in wind speed that they will need a
> horizontally fixed pitot tube - as in the kind affixed to the wings of
> airplanes to measure wind speed! that should get them going!!!! you can find
> out about pitot tubes in Google website- NASA has a good description with
> diagrams should they want them (haha!)
> still chuckling over this one,
> Judy in Washington
>
>
> On Tue, 18 Mar 2008, Rene J Buesa wrote:
>
> > Sara:
> > There is nothing to flame about. It is just a misunderstanding, what you
> HAVE to measure is the wind FLOW in your fume hoods. There are small vanes
> that you place at the entrance, where the air flows the most, and one a week
> (or a day if you wish) you check the vane to determine if the air is flowing
> and at what RATE (or speed if you will).
> >  I have a vane in each of my 4 fumes hoods, and had a log for that
> determination.
> >  René J.
> >
> > "Breeden, Sara" <sbreeden <@t> nmda.nmsu.edu> wrote:
> >    Okay, so it's not the Friday Hour of Fuming but this will do. Without
> > giving away my source, my boss received an email this morning
> asking,"Does anyone monitor wind speed in their histo labs?". My boss
> replied
> > that we don't because our lab is INDOORS. This has been a source of
> > great amusement all morning - I know what the person is asking, but it
> > just struck me as funny! Adios
> >
> >
> >
> > Sally Breeden, HT(ASCP)
> >
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