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Flagpoles in Alabama

Alabama runs from the Tennessee Valley down to the Gulf, and a pole that is right at one end of it is the wrong pole at the other.

Wind here. Alabama is about 330 miles top to bottom and Eder's wind map climbs by around 50 mph over that distance. Florence, Decatur and Huntsville in the Tennessee Valley sit at 90 mph, the floor of the map, and so do Birmingham and the central counties. Montgomery and the Black Belt are at 100, Dothan and the Wiregrass at 110. Below that it climbs quickly: Brewton and Atmore are already in the 120 to 130 mph bands, Mobile is at 140, and the beaches from Dauphin Island round to Gulf Shores are at 140 and up. From Mobile south a heavy-wall or Hurricane-series pole is the default, with the address confirmed against Eder's chart. In the north half the map is the least of it: 90 mph is a straight-line figure, and what we actually specify against up there is open ground and spring storm season, not the contour on the map.

• The Tennessee Valley — Around 90 mph from Florence across to Scottsboro, and the map does not get gentler than that anywhere in the state. Wall thickness stops being the argument here. Height, finish and the halyard hardware are where the money goes.
• The central counties and the Piedmont — Around 90 mph through Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Gadsden, Anniston and Auburn. The figure barely moves across the whole band, so what changes a job here is the site: open ground, a ridge top, or a downtown block that channels wind the printed number never sees.
• The Black Belt and the Wiregrass — About 100 mph at Montgomery and Selma, about 110 at Dothan, and 110 to 120 further south around Andalusia and Monroeville. Heavy wall stops being an upgrade through here. On farm and field frontage it is the sensible opening position.
• The southern counties and the coast — The climb starts a long way inland: 120 to 130 mph at Brewton and Atmore, 140 at Mobile, and 140 and up out on Dauphin Island and Gulf Shores. Everything from Mobile down gets a heavy-wall or Hurricane-series pole by default, sized against Eder's chart and confirmed for the address, with anodized finish and stainless hardware written in from the start.

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