The Bora can be often felt in the winter in the city of Trieste, Italy. In Trieste, the wind takes two different names depending on associted meteorological conditions: Bora chiara is bora in the presence of clear skies, while Rain and clouds characterize Bora scura.
The wind often blows at speeds up to 150 kilometers per hour. While Triestinians are used to the intensity of the wind, chains and ropes are occasionally stretched along the sidewalks in downtown Trieste, to facilitate pedestrian traffic during those windy days. Because of the frequency of the windy days, buldings must be constructed to withstand its force. One fortunately rare exception is the occasional fall of a roof tile on the head of a passer-by.
Bora is a name used in Turkey and some parts of the Balkans.
These stories are reproduced from Education of Primitive People: A Presentation of the Folklore of the Bura Animists With a Meaningful Experience Curriculum A. Helser.
Despite the book's objectionable title, the intent of the author, Church of the Brethren missionary Albert Helser, was quite advanced at the time.
The founder of the missionary school in Garkida, Dr. Helser incorporated existing Bura folk wisdom in the educational curriculum for Bura children instead of only using out-of-context Western material.
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