Windy Weekend

Okay, everyone sing with me now...

Ohhhhhhhhhh-klahoma, where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain.
And the wavin' wheat can sure smell sweet
When the wind comes right behind the rain. 

Well, we don't have rain and the "wheat" is actually just prairie grass but we sure did have wind.

Winter is a particularly windy time here in central Montana.  If you don't tie it down or strap it to something, it is likely to blow away.  "It" being anything lighter than an automobile.  In December, the wind was so strong that it took out a very tall, very thick tree in front of the county courthouse.  On more than one occasion we had to claim our patio furniture from the fence line by the neighbor or some other area of our property.  We finally figured out how to stack the outdoor furniture in such a way that it won't blow off the patio anymore.

Anyway, it was quite a dust-up yesterday so I thought I would try to get a little video.  I had my eyes closed (to keep the sand and dirt out) while I was filming but I managed to get enough that you can see the dirt blowing and the grass waving, and you can hear the howling.  Today it is calm and cloudy. 

 By the way, my apologies if you spend the rest of the day singing O-k-l-a-h-o-m-a, Oklahoma okay!