Dolly and my windy adventure . I returned from the craft show and decided to take Dolly for a

[debm55]

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walk. All was fine until the wind picked up on the second part of the walk. Three transformers went off on the street and a wire and tree came down. We cut through a neighbor's yard to get away. As we were running home, we were running into the wind. The wind ripped my raincoat off. I felt like I was in the Wizard of Oz. Luckily neither of us were hurt. But I forgot I could run that fast, especially when the hail came down. Tried to close the gate but the wind had a hold of it. Has anyone had severe wind storms in your area? This happened yesterday. And Dolly was running like crazy.

[Walleye]

1. And your little dog too😁We had pretty strong wind in Delaware New Jersey and Maryland last night

Reports of some damage and one fatalities in Southeast County Delaware. It’s skirted around us here in Wilmington, thank goodness

[debm55]

5. This was about 5:00. There was nothing when I left the house. I really should have returned when the

transformers blew. I heard the siren from a town across the river. These feets were moving when I saw the tree and wire.

[Walleye]

7. Yep, wire down, run away, run away!

[debm55]

14. Oh, forgot to add, we live in Pittsburgh. We had a terrible one last Sunday. Glad you are okay.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. It was kinda windy around here, but nothing like you went through...

Good thing you made it home in one piece.

[debm55]

6. You know, I would have never gone out, if I knew it was going to be like that. It wasn't when I left

the house. I am so grateful we made it home. I just suddenly picked up. It was the transformers blowing off as we had just walked under one then another . We were running through a yard when the third blew.

[debm55]

15. A lady came out on her porch and was yelling for me to hurry and get home. Yes, I am lucky. Thank

you.

[KatyaR]

3. We had 60+mph winds in Oklahoma on Friday.

With almost no humidity in the area, we have dozens of wildfires all over the state. Lots of property loss, but no lives, thankfully. Several were in the greater Oklahoma City area. At one point, there were 30,000+ customers without power because of the fires and downed power lines. We'd supposed to have the same thing happen on Tuesday, Hopefully it's not a repeat of Friday.

[debm55]

16. This is some strange weather we are having, isn't it?

Please stay safe.

[Arkansas Granny]

4. It was windy in our area, as well. Not like you've described, but enough to

scrap my plans for yard work.

[debm55]

17. Yes, no good for yardwork. When I came in the house, garbage cans were all over the street.

Yardwork can wait, your safety is more important.

[Arkansas Granny]

18. I make it a point to stay away from the big pecan tree in my yard on windy days.

It has been known to drop branches from time to time.

[2naSalit]

8. Yesterday...

We had a mini version of the thing that passed over the midwest on Friday. We had a very nice, much warmer than predicted day, most of the day though windy... normal for here. But around 5pm, the wind kicked up and while it was still +45F, icy snow pellets blasted everything until it became full on snow. The wind was a constant 50+mph. Came on as fast as yours did.

Then it snowed sideways, I could see it blasting through my porch! The door frame to my go outside door was caked with hard packed snow, still has a lot there. This happened a few times through the night. Still windy as heel but sunny now but +32F. It did stay above that until about an hour ago. Should get up around 40 again today.

[debm55]

10. yes, that's what happened here. It was warm and I checked my computer and it said 65 degrees. That's

why I wore the raincoat. We didn''t have any snow. I called it hail, but it was more like ice pellets. It was shitty running into them as they hitting my face. Very nice day. Didn''t have have a hat on either. It came very suddenly.

[2naSalit]

13. I looked at the weather...

A couple times starting in the early morning and, though they said it would be windy, there were no warnings or watches.

[emulatorloo]

9. Wow! You two are very lucky!

We had a wind storm in Colorado last Thursday. Gusts up to 80mph. I foolishly took my dog out for a walk, unaware of the storm.

He’s a big ole sweetheart, weighs 70 lbs. In just a few minutes a gust hit us, and he almost got knock over! We ran back to the house and locked ourselves up tight and cuddled on the sofa.

Very scary about the three transformers! So glad you two are safe.

We have another big windstorm predicted today. Definitely not going outside!

[debm55]

19. Stay inside. I put the doggie pads down for Dolly. The boom from the transformers really scared her.

My raincoat doesn't have buttons, but these silver hooks. One side was completely taken off. The other side, I had Dolly's lease in my hand. So the whole coat didn't fly off. Be safe my friend.

[Meadowoak]

11. Windy enough to knock the power out for 15 hours here in central KY.

It finally came back on about 5:30 am.

[debm55]

21. Oh brother, 15 hours? Please stay safe.

[claudette]

12. Yes

High wind, thunderstorm and hail Friday with gale warning. Next day sunny and warm then rain storm in PM with high wind. Spring hasn’t come to western NY state yet.

[debm55]

20. Pittsburgh, here. Yes, and spring is my favorite time of year! Stay safe,

[claudette]

24. Thanks!

Spring is a short season here. Comes late and before you know it it’s summertime!!! I love the Fall

[I_UndergroundPanther]

22. Yeah knocked out my

Power 3 times

[debm55]

23. My husband said the same--three times. He reset the clocks and it was out again. Stay safe.

[debm55]

25. You know what? I was suddenly aware of those in war torn countries who endure this day in and day

out--the blasts of bombs-transformers blowing up, sirens going off, running for cover. The fright. When I got home. I was grateful that this was a freak happening and not an everyday occurrence. And in other parts of our country, where there is no place to hide and your life and all you have is gone.

[Midnight Writer]

26. Blew off part of my chimney and blew out my living room window.

[debm55]

27. Midnight, are you okay? Where do you live? That sounds like some pretty strong wind to do that

kind of damage. Be safe.

[Midnight Writer]

28. I'm fine. It was a sudden burst of wind that took the window.

I'm not sure when the chimney went. I found it in pieces in the backyard the next day and didn't know what it was at first.

Central Illinois. We've had a series of strong storms in the area over the last couple of weeks.

[debm55]

29. Sounds like a microburst. They have very high winds but are not classified as a tornado, but can

reach tornado wind speeds and cause as much damage. Because there is no funnel, it is classified as a microburst. We had one in our neighborhood. Trees uprooted, roofs torn off, patio furniture all over the place. One woman, sadly, was killed when her roof collapsed. I wish you luck and I am glad you are okay.

[Midnight Writer]

30. We get a lot of straight line wind storms. You can see the paths flattened through the cornfields.

It looks like a tornado has gone through, but it is just a concentrated burst of wind. They can blow your car off the road.