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November 30, 2005

Weird Winds

My parents made it through the storms the other night ok, though my mom said they barely made it to the storm cellar in time. Nothing touched down, but they had some hail & high winds.

Folks out around the Chimes area weren't so lucky. My BIL went out on a service call there the next day. When he arrived at the person's house, he saw that the two barns on either side of the house were completely gone....but the contents of both appeared intact. The heat pump had been blown over & rolled across the yard, but otherwise the house was untouched. One of the weirdest things he'd ever seen, he said.

Didn't do much here, though we got some pretty strong gusts when the cold front came through later. Smokey was upstairs when the first one hit & shook the house a little. He went beserk. Down the stairs he streaked, all wild-eyed, running all over the house. Even tried to jump through the window to catch the leaves that were flying by. I opened the front door to latch the storm door more securely and out of nowhere, he landed on my shoulder with this crazy look in his eyes, mouth slightly open with a we've-got-a-pack-of-smokes-and-a-full-tank-of-gas-let's-go-find-a-liquor-store grin. He was pretty disappointed when I shut the door firmly and told him those days were over.

At least we don't have to worry about sleeping through a storm. One cat's afraid of thunder, the other of wind. No need of a tornado siren with those two around. Now if I could just figure out a way to test them once a month.

Posted by Rita at November 30, 2005 10:41 AM

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Posted by: Tam at November 30, 2005 05:22 PM