No wind yet, just rain

It's raining pretty good, but the high winds forecast have not materialized. The branches of the trees are barely swaying. That's here of course – I don't know what is happening in Anchorage, the Hillside, Turnagain Arm or the Knik River. Sometimes, if it's windy one place around here it's windy everywhere. Sometimes, wind can absolutely be tearing in one area, and one mile away be dead calm. Usually, when it's windy we get a pretty good blow here, but not as bad as at Walmart.

Walmart is not far from the Knik River and just gets the hell blown out of it. On a windy day at Walmart, you want to park facing the wind. You might have to struggle and push to get your door open and squeeze out, but if the wind is coming from behind you it will grab your door the moment you open it and slam it against its hinges so hard you can't believe it didn't rip it right off. I wouldn't be surprised to learn the wind has taken a few doors at Walmart. Trucks passing by sometimes get tipped over. Camper canopies get ripped right off the back of pickup trucks.

Anyway, it's hardly blowing at all here – but the day is still young– I just heard high wind warning on the radio, so it could still come.

Comments

[Mirage in Cali]

Beautiiful...

[debby]

That's a cool picture, Bill.

[Logbook - Wasilla - Beyond]

Thank you, Mirage and Debby...