It was another windy day today, the worst we’ve had in a long time. I came home today to find the yard in a mess, our basketball goal blown over, and the electricity off.

The outage was caused by a tree falling on a power line up the road. I saw it coming in, and there was a fire truck nearby. I didn’t think much about it. But later, after the power had been restored, I went to the store and heard that the tree falling on the line had caused a fire.

Things like that are what scares me about strong winds. Some friends of ours had a live power line to fall on their house a few years ago during heavy winds. Luckily it somehow did no harm.

It is still pretty windy. I’ll be glad when it’s all over with.