Where we live, there's a saying that goes something like "we have 2 seasons: summer and wind." To give you some idea - when we framed our house, we had to put hurricane straps on our roof. Also, it's not uncommon for my BIG 90 gallon trash can to be picked up by the wind, and carried 1/4 mile into the next field. No joke, the picture to the right is what it looks like outside my window as I'm typing this.
This fall, winter, and spring have been exceptionally gusty so I thought it might be fun to make an FYI blog out of it. See, here's the problem. Usually the winter snow holds down the dirt, but this year we didn't get much snow so the dirt from all the empty farm fields was redeposited elsewhere. Around my neighborhood we didn't have snow drifts, we had dirt drifts. My poor friends had their lawn buried by inches of dirt and had to rip it all up and replant grass. We planted pasture grass last fall and are pretty sure that most of it has blown away by the scarce spouting that is now taking place. 
Anyway, enough with the sob stories. This got me thinking about the Dust Bowl of the 1930's. Here's a link to read up on some interesting history and see some more crazy pictures:
They survived, and so will we. Just be grateful for the trees, grass, and all that other stuff that holds the dirt down. Have fun - I hope you learn something.
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