The prediction for last night's storm was for winds up to 65MPH and we're pretty sure that the winds we got were that much or more. One thing we've learned here is that the weather forecasts are VERY accurate....to the hour!!
It rained most of yesterday (Thursday) and there were amazing winds. We lost the 'dining tent' mid afternoon. Almost everything inside was salvaged but the tent itself now looks like a modern sculpture.
By 6PM it looked like we were sitting in the middle of a bog rather than the desert...there was water everywhere and rain pouring down. There were several gusts of wind that rattled the port slide so much that we retracted it. We also stowed everything not nailed down and put away the solar panel even though it was chained down.
After a great dinner at the Buchanan's house (which is facing into the wind so not affected so much) we hunkered in for the night.
The dogs were not thrilled...neither really wanted to go for walkies but we persisted and about 10PM made them go out. By then the wind had died down a bit and, amazingly, much of the water had evaporated/absorbed into the desert! Amazing! There were still clouds but there were also clear patches and there were stars and a crescent moon out.
There was lots of wind during the night but nothing too bad.
By morning, ALL the water was gone except for a couple of large puddles and there's even some blue sky and sun!!
According to NOAA the tail of the storm is to pass us today but the winds predicted are now only up to 30MPH. So, we've put the slide back out and are enjoying our morning coffee, dampish but safe!!
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