https://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/piteraqs/ "Ice, Wind & Fury — Scientists investigate the avalanche of winds known as piteraqs"] , by Marilena Oltmanns, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, November 10, 2015 "Hurricane Slams Into Greenland", Oakland Tribune, February 6, 1970, p1 The Tasiilaq event had the highest speed winds ever recorded for such an event, reaching 90 meters/second — 200 mph . [