Did you know, Texas is windy?

I don't mean that Texans are full of hot air or anything--just that this state is a mite BREEZY! Goodness, last weekend was a bit much. Winds in excess of 60mph, a 3hr dust storm, and more housing damage than I would have thought possible.

Yes, lots of straight line wind damage here last week. We even took some, though all things considered, it could have been a LOT worse. Many houses in the west part of town had parts of their roofs stripped down to bare plywood! Dave was out on a hike that afternoon, and says he had to dodge flying debris for most of his hike. Shingles, fence parts, cardboard, plastic bags, and other assorted detritus.

Halfway through his hike, he dropped off one dog, Charlie, who was tired of dodging the wind driven missiles. That's when Dave spotted the shingle damage to our southern roof line. The neighbors on both sides had it much worse! Dave shinnied up the ladder and managed to nail/glue down all the offending shingles on our roof, so I don't think we will need to file. However, we did lose our flagpole, and the side view mirror on the van, which got whacked by the flagpole on the way down. Aargh!

By evening, the wind had died down a bit, and two out of three Monkeys decided to brave the breeze and 'get flown like a kite' on the Grassy Knoll. Charlie even went back out, but you can see in the pics he wasn't too happy.

Pics of the two Monkeys:

Various bits of damage including neighborhood roofs, and the flagpole.