is like a blow in the face
howls like a demon
hoots
screams
bangs
yells
rattles
groans
roars
growls
is scooped up by the airmaker intake
powers compressors and distillators
blows hard
is strong enough to lean against
slaps
deafens
hoots
squeals
becomes mild
makes a man stagger
hoots
claws
yells
pushes
That is in "The Big Rain." If Poul Anderson's Complete Works were an ebook, then we would be able to search for every instance of "wind."
7 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
Compared to Venusian winds even a hurricane on Earth might feel more like a love pat!
Ad astra! Sean
There's a spot on the interstate highway between Santa Fe and Albuquerque here in New Mexico where the wind often shifts your car -- even a low-center-of-gravity car like my Tesla. It can be... alarming. Especially in winter in the middle of a howling blizzard where you can't tell if you're drifting across the road until the wheels come off the pavement... 8-).
I would not drive in those conditions. In fact, I have stopped driving anyway.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling and Paul!
Mr. Stirling: I sit corrected, Terrestrial weather can be as terrifying as anything found on Venus.
Paul: Stirling lives in a rural part of New Mexico, so you would still need a car if you were living in a similarly rural part of the UK.
We've both read Stirling's Shadowspawn books. And I've wondered if Adrian Breze's splendid NM house is Stirling's idea of his dream house! (Smiles)
Ad astra! Sean
Sean: I intensely dislike modernist architecture.
Paul: there's not much alternative to driving in this area.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
I did a bit of googling, and I can see why you could dislike modernist architecture. Bare steel, concrete, large expanses of glass, etc., won't appeal to everybody.
Ad astra! Sean
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