round 2

Another wind storm was supposed to kick up Sunday night, so everyone went into "prepare" mode. Notice I did not say "panic" mode. We had sacrament meeting two hours earlier than usual and it only lasted for about 50 minutes. Then everyone went out to spend the rest of the day working in the neighborhoods. The whole city did this. Debris was cleared up and hauled to drop off points, roofs secured, and any other preparations were made for the storm. The National Guard was called in to help with the unloading of debris. One of the debris drop off points was the city park right by our house. There was a constant procession of vehicles on the road all afternoon. The debris pile at the park (one pile of green and one pile of other) is literally a mountain range. Amazing. We decided to prepare by pulling out the basketball hoop, so the wind wouldn't finish it off. Surprisingly that was about a one minute job! We pulled the slats out of the fence, again, too. We charged phones and ipods. We filled pitchers with water and put batteries in a radio. We moved garbage cans and lawn chairs in the garage, again. The wind kicked up a bit around bedtime, but never really got going. The gusts that were predicted never really happened. Not sad about that! Now, to put all those slats back in and decide what to do about a basketball hoop...