Oh, wonderful....

Our snow and ice is gone here, too, so nothing to weigh the trees down, which is good. 

We had some pretty good wind a couple of weeks ago.  There were gusts that were powerful enough to make my hair stand on end, but the power didn't go out.  That time we had a warning, but the gust from this could be 20MPH higher than they were with the last one.  Unfortunately, I live on the side of a large hill that faces the eastern end of Lake Erie, and that wind just rolls right across that thing and slams right into the hill, which is actually a many miles long ridge.  And many of our roadways here, including some of the main ones, are lined on either sides by trees.  It's a pretty forested area, dotted by diary farms.  We even have a village a few miles from here called Forestville.  LOL.  

All I can do is prepare and hope for the best.  The longest time we've been without power here is about 36 hours, and that was back in 2003 or 2004, and caused by a wind storm like this.  A couple of years back we had one that knocked the power out for nearly a day.  I lost everything in my fridge and freezer, save a few things I transferred from the fridge to the chest freezer, like condiments, coffee creamer and milk.