Fri, 17 Feb 2006

Wild and Windy Night

We seem to have survived last nights windstorm pretty much unscathed - I've not been out back yet, but nothing obvious is downed or trashed. We shut down the computer systems about 8:30pm, fearful of lightening strikes, as the sky was pretty lit up all around the horizon. The temperature was 61°F. I fell asleep in the big chair about 9, when I woke up and crawled into bed at 1:30 the temperature was 40°F. This morning it's 25°F.

Mercifully, we didn't get the inch plus of rain that was forecast - it mostly just a wind and electrical storm. And the wind does seem to have dried things a bit, at least on the surface.

I'd actually prefer the colder weather, but I really wish Mother Nature would make up her mind on this one and settle down into some sort of seasonal pattern. The ups and downs are invitations to the common cold, that the germs have accepted with vigor. One of our state's tourist slogans is "There's more than corn in Indiana!", to which I'd have to agree right now: there's snot, too. And lot's of it.

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