{"id":149,"date":"2017-11-30T16:07:32","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T16:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tuffflags.com\/blog\/?p=149"},"modified":"2017-12-03T22:20:20","modified_gmt":"2017-12-03T22:20:20","slug":"wind-speed-understanding-what-flagpole-you-need-in-your-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tuffflags.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/30\/wind-speed-understanding-what-flagpole-you-need-in-your-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog #14: Wind speed-understanding what flagpole you need in your environment."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-Flagpoles are made to different specifications according to expected wind speeds in certain environments. To find the flagpole you need to evaluate your geographic location, generally coastal areas can expect higher sustained wind speeds. As opposed to further inland where wind is less frequent and lower in strength. Here is a list of wind speeds best suited to general areas:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-Atlantic Coast (Waterfront): 120-130 mph<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-Atlantic Coast: 90 mph<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-Pacific Coast: 80 mph<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-Gulf of Mexico: 110-150 mph<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-Hawaii: 140 mph<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-But these are generalizations, whenever buying a flagpole you should always check the information for your area. Thank you for your question! If you have a question about flagpoles and flag etiquette email me at egadow@tuffflags.com and perhaps your question will be featured!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>-Flagpoles are made to different specifications according to expected wind speeds in certain environments. To find the flagpole you need to evaluate your geographic location, generally coastal areas can expect higher sustained wind speeds. As opposed to further inland where wind is less frequent and lower in strength. Here is a list of wind speeds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuffflags.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuffflags.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuffflags.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuffflags.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuffflags.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuffflags.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuffflags.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions\/150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuffflags.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuffflags.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuffflags.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}