Strength of wind as defined by the length of a 90 inch chain welded to a pole. Windspeed is determined by the length of horizontal chain, before it begins to droop down vertically. The stronger the wind, the greater the horizontal length before dangling downwards.
Dang, Elbert! Let's go hot air ballooning today! The wyoming windsock is only stretching out 30 inches! Let's go!
A Shackteau is a humble, weather-beaten, structurally questionable shelter located in a spectacular or highly coveted place—Wales, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Crested Butte, coastal Maine, the Alps—where the building itself may be worth almost nothing, but the dirt, view, access, and mythology make it absurdly valuable.
In use:
Shackteâu - We thought it was an abandoned shed until the realtor called it a rare alpine Shackteâu with unobstructed views and listed it for $2 million.