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The Wind Is Fierce Today…..

Was windy when I went to Oklahoma City for a medical checkup, got worse, went to a restaurant for lunch….plastic bags flying up across the streets, trash carts flipped over, looked like floors mats and other stuff in the streets blown off of pickup trucks. Drove back towards home fighting the winds to keep the car straight on the road. Went to Walmart by the house to get a couple of things. The older lady that was greeting was laying on the concrete in front of the door when I was coming out of the store, someone said the wind knocked her down and 4 or 5 workers were trying to pick her up to put her on a handicap shopping cart. The winds were a lot stronger going out than in, leaves and trash blowing up in the park lot hitting me in the face. Figured all of the trash carts would be laid over since it’s trash & recycle day, and they were with a lot of the trash blown out into the street. Got home & mine was too, had to pick up bags of trash and sit it up. Came in with my stuff. Remembered that I left my Ipad out in the car. Went back out and opened the door and tree branch cracked and fell, felt the tip of a smaller branch hit me. I’m staying inside till this is over. Gusts up to 60 mph.
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4meAndyou · F
We had high winds with microbursts last week that tried to PUSH my car sideways!!!

I hope that lady at Walmart wasn't badly hurt.
Heartlander · 80-89, M
@cherokeepatti Growing up in south louisiana where there were no basements and many houses sat above the ground, we responded by going out on the porch to look for it so we would know when to run.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@Heartlander Some people have cellars or in-garage shelters but few basements here. The shelters are usually so small as not to be all that comfortable when folks come running to your house.
Heartlander · 80-89, M
@cherokeepatti There was a time in the 1950 and 60s when everyone was encouraged to build nuclear blast and fall-out shelters. I recall touring one and thought how nice they would also be for hurricanes and tornados.
WindTherapy · 56-60, M
Yeah it's windy as heck here today as well. Never fails these weather days coincide with trash day. Thankfully the end of my lane is in a low lying area so the cans don't usually get blown into the road.
Gibbon · 70-79, M
Expecting high winds here Sunday. This time I'm going to be prepared for a power outage. Last one caught the whole area off guard.
hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M
Not much wind here but the snow is sifting down No major accumulations expected but it is still snow and it can make driving fun. My daughter is ecstatic though. She drives a sanding truck.
meggie · F
Stay in, otherwise you may go into orbit!!! I got stuck once in a remote place with high winds and had to stay indoors for a long time.
MarineBob · 56-60, M
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@MarineBob There are fire warnings here and I think wildfires in the county, saw it in red on a weather map posted not long ago.
MarineBob · 56-60, M
@cherokeepatti stay safe they tell us to expect power outages
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@MarineBob They’ve been warning about power outages since yesterday. Wouldn’t surprise me if it happens.
Crazywaterspring · 61-69, M
The wind is strong here too. Not enough to knock someone down but enough to blow off a few shingles.

Stay safe!
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@Crazywaterspring I had to be careful getting in my car because the wind was wanting to yank the door and I didn’t want to dent someone else’s car door.
ArtieKat · M
Sounds wild! I hope you're OK, Patti
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@ArtieKat Yes I am, not gonna be out any more till I hear the trash truck so I can sit the trash cart up again for them. They may not get to finish today because of all the carts laying over.
FreestyleArt · 36-40, M
Well the snow stopped in our area. Which is good.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@FreestyleArt I heard it was headed that way. How much did you get? This is probably the remnant of that storm you got.
FreestyleArt · 36-40, M
@cherokeepatti not much thank God. it was snowing hard at times and slows down. more like snow showers that's all.
Heartlander · 80-89, M
And heading our way :(
4meAndyou · F
@cherokeepatti Perhaps a concerned citizen or two needs to print some flyers bringing up the subject...again.
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4meAndyou · F
@cherokeepatti

THIS illustration could be included on the flyers, and delivered to the town council personally...🤣🤣🤣
powernap · 56-60, M
Glad you're ok. ❤
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@powernap thank you
Yikes. I saw video of a semi flipping onto its side in Texas yesterday due to high winds. Crazy.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@BizSuitStacy I saw that too
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@BizSuitStacy There were two semis flipped over in Oklahoma they said.
@cherokeepatti scary stuff!
smileylovesgaming · 31-35, F
The wind was pretty strong yesterday
Musicman · 61-69, MVIP
Oh my gosh! That's terrible! I hope you, your car and your house are all safe. How are the birds taking the weather? When is it supposed to end?
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@Musicman Several years ago
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@Musicman Put the birds in the hallway where the linen closet is in the hallway and got my purse & laptop & phone and closed the doors in the hallway, and crawled into the linen closet. I wasn’t scared like i used to be, just prayed for protection. Found a piece of house insulation in my front yard, it was dropping them all over.
Musicman · 61-69, MVIP
@cherokeepatti It's never good when you find house insulation in the yard. I'm glad your place was okay.
TexChik · F
The sky looks like Lubbock here
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@TexChik It was almost like a dust storm here. They said some of this was coming from as far as Mexico.

 
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