2006-12-01 06:31:21 · 14 answers · asked by Cubs Fan 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
It's always windy there.
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2006-12-01 06:38:17 · answer #1 · answered by Thanks for the Yahoo Jacket 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's actually got nothing to do with wind. The nickname "Windy City" was given to Chicago because when New York and Chicago were competing for the World's Fair over a hundred years ago, a New York journalist commented that the Chicago politicians were "old windbags."
2006-12-01 14:43:58 · answer #2 · answered by fizzygurrl1980 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chicago is nicknamed the "Windy City" but not because of its wind speeds. In fact, according to Tom Skilling in his "Ask Tom Why" column in the Chicago Tribune of March 11, 2004, the National Weather Service ranks Chicago seventy-sixth among 255 U.S. cities for which the agency tracks average wind speed.
The origin of the "Windy City" nickname is a bit obscure. It is thought to be based on loud and windy boosterism. A Chicago Daily News article from Sept. 22, 1969 gives this origin:
Blame it on John Stephan Wright and William (Deacon) Bross, two local boosters (windbags, some might say), who went up and down the East Coast yelling about the wonders of Chicago, according to Daily News library clippings.... Because of their loud boasts of the virtues of the city, Chicago was dubbed the "Windy City" after its "windy" citizenry in the 1850s, according to stories.
2006-12-01 14:36:32 · answer #3 · answered by 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chicago is nicknamed the "Windy City" but not because of its wind speeds. In fact, according to Tom Skilling in his "Ask Tom Why" column in the Chicago Tribune of March 11, 2004, the National Weather Service ranks Chicago seventy-sixth among 255 U.S. cities for which the agency tracks average wind speed.
The origin of the "Windy City" nickname is a bit obscure. It is thought to be based on loud and windy boosterism. A Chicago Daily News article from Sept. 22, 1969 gives this origin:
Blame it on John Stephan Wright and William (Deacon) Bross, two local boosters (windbags, some might say), who went up and down the East Coast yelling about the wonders of Chicago, according to Daily News library clippings.... Because of their loud boasts of the virtues of the city, Chicago was dubbed the "Windy City" after its "windy" citizenry in the 1850s, according to stories.
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2006-12-02 01:12:51 · answer #4 · answered by Kelly Bundy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever been there? The wind and the lake effect cold snaps can be pretty miserable. And yes, it is vey windy in chicago - the Jet Stream flows down through Lake Michigan and blasts Chicago with cold air and high wind speeds.
2006-12-01 14:39:26 · answer #5 · answered by KB 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its because of the politicians. The word "windy" deals with politics
2006-12-01 16:59:37 · answer #6 · answered by Aaron 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always heard it was because of how "windy" the politicians were/are.
2006-12-01 14:45:25 · answer #7 · answered by ciza29 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cause it was clamed to be always windy there
2006-12-01 20:35:13 · answer #8 · answered by Mysterious 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because of the politicians
2006-12-01 15:19:51 · answer #9 · answered by larue387 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because there is a lot of wind in Chicago
2006-12-01 14:42:57 · answer #10 · answered by soda 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋