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MIGHTY WIND

I have had my son Tom visiting for the last few days.

We prepared a menu of very wild weather for him.

He arrived Saturday and made it in a few hours before the rain began.

We got 1.5 inches from Saturday night through Sunday.

Then it got blue skied before it rained hard again. Maybe another quarter inch.

Yesterday, the rain cleared out and on the back of the front were fierce winds which ripped a lot of trees out in our neighborhood.

We saw a huge one down just a few blocks from here.

A motel parking lot. A 2-3 foot diameter tree. Fell between the buildings and didn't hit a single car.

The root ball was ten feet high. Easy.

If he is reading this he can comment below to correct any exaggerations.

We had a power outage.

There was a dust storm all over the valley but not the intense zero visibility kind.

In short, he got the treatment.

Not the Chamber of Commerce visit we all talk about when we describe the weather here.

But he did not come for the weather. It was a great visit and as I type, the skies are totally clear, the air is calm, their is power in the house, there is no blowing sand even in the wind zone where I grocery shopped after I let him off at the airport and his plane has just taken off from LAX back to Boston.

Next time for the good weather.

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