Not such a good day for Michael...

Tomorrow's forecast includes: Anyone with outdoor interests will be affected by high winds. Yeah, that's us.

Michael describes his experiences today...
Well, that just about matches my day. I'm warming us up a late lunch. If the kitchen stays par for the day, the microwave will explode!

Got the tank and gathering rig in Francis. Then I took John down the west edge of the field to knock down thistles for a more solid path. (In case you're wondering; Francis is a Kawasaki Mule and John is a John Deere tractor) While pushing a small tree that fell from the woods, it popped over the blade and sheared a hydraulic fitting on the up/down cylinder flush. Of course, it couldn't have hit the sideways one that is already out of commission. I took the blade off and drug it back behind John, squirting fluid up on me with every other bounce. Removed the cylinder and nearly broke an "easy" out. Tried to drill it out. I don't know. I see threads, and I could go a little bigger, but I don't want to screw it up. Easy out still doesn't work even with hardly any meat left of fitting. So I switched the sideways cylinder so at least I could get back to pushing. This time, to take it easy on John; I threw the chainsaw on my knee and took it with me. Got to the tree, pulled on the saw; and the recoil rope broke...

So I decided it was time to just take Francis and the boys for a ride to see what's in the woods. (hoping that all the bags are right about half full. Enough to maybe keep them down in the wind, but not enough to have to collect.) Most of the bags are half to 3/4 full, with a handful over the top. They are running slow, a drop every 3 or 4 seconds. At this point, I don't really care if they run over. I'm afraid to use any more equipment! We're about to eat lunch. The microwave seems to still be intact, so the afternoon may be looking up...

Oh yeah, EVERYTHING in the barn is soaked! Even stuff INSIDE toolboxes! What a day...