217: Sometimes she roars
Posted: April 28, 2011 Filed under: 365 Life in the Bogs Challenge, Adventures in Life, Air, Earth, goals, home, nature, Photography, rants, Spring, water, weather | Tags: apple blossoms, blossoms, flowers, Hurricane Ike, postaday2011, power outage, storms, Tree, Wind 31 CommentsMother Nature roared through here beginning around 2:00 this morning. Literally roared. And howled, moaned, screeched, and an assortment of other noises. The news reports are that we had sustained winds of 30-40 mph, with gusts up to 69 mph (close to hurricane force). Right now our winds are around 22 mph with gusts up to 41 mph.