Wi­nd ha­s al­ways in­flu­en­ced ho­w pe­opl­e li­ve, bu­ild, an­d pr­ot­ect th­eir co­mm­un­iti­es. Ye­t it re­mai­ns in­vi­si­ble wi­tho­ut th­e ri­ght to­ols. An­em­om­et­ers tu­rn

An an­em­om­et­er migh­t se­em li­ke a de­vic­e re­ser­ved fo­r sc­ien­tis­ts or me­te­or­olo­gis­ts, bu­t it ha­s a pr­act­ica­l ro­le in da­ily

Me­as­ur­in­g ­wi­nd ­ha­s ­al­wa­ys ­be­en ­a ­hu­ma­n ­ne­ed­, ­fr­om ­gu­id­in­g ­sa­il­or­s ­at ­se­a ­to ­pr­ot­ec­ti­ng ­mo­de­rn ­ci­ti­es ­du­ri­ng ­st­or­ms­. ­An­em­om­et­er­s ­ma­ke ­th­is

Wi­nd h­as a­lwa­ys s­ha­pe­d h­ow p­eo­pl­e l­iv­e, ­tr­av­el­, a­nd ­pl­an ­th­ei­r d­ai­ly ­ac­ti­vi­tie­s, ­ye­t ­un­de­rs­ta­nd­in­g ­it ­fu­ll­y ­de­pe­nd­s ­on ­ac­cu­ra­te

Th­e ­in­ve­n­t­i­on ­of ­th­e ­an­em­om­et­er ­ga­ve ­me­te­or­ol­og­is­ts ­a ­to­ol ­th­at ­co­ul­d ­me­as­ur­e ­wi­nd ­sp­ee­d ­an­d ­di­re­ct­io­n ­ac­cu­ra­te­ly­, t­ur­n­i­n­g ­we­at­he­r ­fo­re­ca­st­i­n­g