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Halny is the name of the wind blowing in the Western Carpathians - in southern Poland, Slovakia
and northern Hungary. It is a warm, dry and gusty wind that blows towards the valleys. Sometimes
it causes significant damage: it tears off roofs and destroys forests (creating windfalls). It occurs
mainly in autumn and early spring. Sometimes it causes a flood if the snow evaporates slowly when
it melts rapidly. In autumn, it accelerates the ripening of seeds and cereals. It leads to losses in the
tree stand. However, the strangest phenomenon is its effect on living beings. Due to rapid changes
in air pressure, some people become depressed, others become irritable, and the number of suicides,
fights and murders increases. Animals also behave strangely. It all sounds like a superstition of hotheaded highlanders trying to justify their actions... But it's not a superstition. This is a scientifically
confirmed fact (here is an example of scientific work proving that halny actually causes an
increased number of suicides: https://ruj.uj.edu.pl/server/api/core/bitstreams/af94dcb4-c29a-46ce841d-ca80a2c47980/content ). Halny is not the only wind of this type (so-called "foehn"). Other
examples include Raco blowing in Chile or the Israeli Sharav.
Of course, the real impact of foehns on humans' well-being and behavior is quite limited, like
increasing the number of suicides by 10%, not some apocalypse. Nevertheless... It sounds like something straight from Lovecraft. Something like breath of the evil god.
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