Dust Storm

Yesterday Mother Nature gave us a little reminder that she was in charge. The weather forecast was for high winds and blowing dust; they were right.

The schools closed early so the children could be transported home before the county was forced to close the roads. Indeed the roads were closed around noon. If you were in Deming, Silver City, Las Cruces NM, or El Paso TX you had to stay there; all of the connecting roads through the desert were closed until early evening. I stayed off the computer expecting a power outage and sure enough the power went out.

Today I should deal with the leaving of the storm, but it is cold and the wind is starting up again. We are supposed to get rain today which will either wash away the dirt, or just spit and make the dirt stick. If the weather is better tomorrow I will clean the back porch with a leaf blower or a hose; depending on how much dirt is left after today's winds. If I am lucky the winds will reverse and blow the dirt off the porch. That rarely happens.