Nothing At All Happened Today!

Today is Monday.  It was Monday all day today.  Since it was Monday and the first day of the work week, you would think that something would have happened to start off the week on a good or bad note.  But NOTHING happened.  It has been a very boring and disgustingly, unusually bland day.

Oh wait, there was something that did happen today, the wind blew. But that probably doesn't count as a happening because the wind blows alot most days. Except today it was  a little stronger then most.  Not a gale or hurricane force, even though some out -of -staters think that a 30 mile an hour wind is a strong gale.  Boy is that image laughable. 

A 30 miles an hour wind is just a slight breeze around here. At 40 miles an hour we might bring in the laundry off the clothes line. A 50 mile an hour wind, well  maybe we won't have that outdoor barbecue, that is a slim maybe.  A 60 miles an hour wind, is getting a might breezy.  Just breezy enough to comment on.  Now 70 miles an hour that is getting a little stronger, and most of us might think about raking leaves or mowing, just in case it might cause the dust to raise just a tad bit.  A wind at 80 miles now that is kite flying weather, makes for some mighty fine dips and dives, providing your string doesn't break and the kite decides to fly away.  At 90 miles an hour it might be time to start thinking of battening down the hatches, and taking stock of anything that might just be light enough to blow away.  Finally at 100 miles per hour or more, Now  we have a real windy day,  breezy enough to lift a youngster off his feet, and whip umbrellas off of their bindings. 

There you have it in a nutshell, what windy days are like in South Dakota.  I don't know what those folks on the east coast are complaining about.  If your tree fell over, It probably had a bad or weak root system and your roof coming off....well, it must have been time for a new one.  As you can see, us South Dakotans are a hardy breed,  it takes a lot to frazzle us and a gentle 90 mile hour breeze isn't going to do it.  Till tomorrow, have fun make love and eat chocolate.