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enquirewithintoday at 12:04 PM1 replyview on HN

That’s a hyper local measurement, and temperature dependant.

You’d sure notice if the air in your kitchen was swooshing around at 671 miles per hour.


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inigyoutoday at 12:19 PM

It squeezes me with approximately the weight of an elephant sitting on my chest. But humans are adapted to this and don't notice. It helps that the insides of my lungs are being squeezed outwards by the same force. Otherwise I surely couldn't breathe.