Sudden Wind Storm

We were at my son’s tee-ball game, cursing the heat and humidity, when all of a sudden, there came a continuous breeze. “Finally,” everyone said, “we’re getting a break from this heat and humidity tonight.” The breeze lasted a few minutes, and then it turned to a strong wind. Suddenly dust and dirt and leaves and even some small tree limbs were whipping all about. The wind came so suddenly that I wasn’t able to grab my 2 year old before a big cloud of dust enveloped us, filling everyone’s eyes and mouths with grit. The 2 year old was not a happy boy at that moment. Fortunately, he got over it pretty quickly.

The game was immediately called, and everyone went for their cars. It was not a mob rush or anything, but it was fast. We had to be quick with opening and closing our doors (especially mini-van side doors) to keep the blowing dust and dirt out.

Rain fell just long enough to wet everything, and the whole wind storm was over in about 20 minutes. It was one of those kinds of events that are pretty cool to experience. No one was hurt, nothing damaged, and the kids were excited to see the clouds of dust and falling leaves and pine needles.

Bullgrit
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