Wind's Gonna Blow You Away

The wind didn't blow us away; however, it did blow away both of our recycling bins, scattering our paper and plastic throughout the neighborhood. In fact, the streets around our house are full of trash and the crows are having a grand old time picking through the stray bits of garbage. Aviva and Fargo went hunting for the lost blue boxes this morning but to no avail. Apparently, temperatures dropped from 64F to 27 F in only a few hours, the winds peaked at 77mph , a motorist was killed by a falling tree, schools were closed for the day, and more than 60,000 people lost power. You can read about the windstorm and see some impressive photos in the Democrat and Chronicle website, Rochester's sometimes-dubious local newspaper.