Driving Home in a Howling Gale
I know 'howling gale' is not an official designation on the Beaufort scale, but Beaufort was an admiral, so he would not use such alarmist language. The truth is, a gale does howl above a certain frequency. I don't know what frequency that is or what velocity of wind that it represents--sometimes physics does take second place to descriptive language. The bottom line is, whatever the speed of the wind, you don't want to be out in it.
At 5:15 this am, I was alerted to the possibility of gales by my faithful shipping forecast. My schedule was set, so I knew I would be out late--well, late relative to my normal bucolic schedule. The question was not whether the gale would come our way but whether it would get here before I got home. It did.
The 10 miles home meant wind and rain wind and freezing rain and wind and hail and then just wind--the howling wind.
Despite a bit of white knuckle driving, the weather suited my mood. I felt like howling, so I sang along with the wind and felt much better for it.
posted by landgirl @ 10:04 PM
4 comments
4 Comments:
Howl away, girl!
Oh ooooo whooo
or however one makes a polite howling sound.
Better weather today. Still huffy but not as much falling out of the sky. How many days now til countdown day?
you would love to come down my road in the high wind, the noise the trees make when the wind gets above 50 mph is like a jet plane taking off! and the noise rises as the wind does! this is annoying but as I spent 4 years in the heathrow flight path I just mumbel and turn over now if woken at night. BTW have new fishermans knits to tempt you with, shall drop out next week if I get chance :-)
the wind is the reason you can spot the new comer up here by the umbrella!
lol ruan
Oh, Ruan, I can imagine the sound of jets taking off being very disconcerting. From flight path of Heathrow to here must be quite a switch. I'd like to hear that story some time.
OOh more fishermen's knits. My fingers are a twitching. Are you free during the day? Angela and I frequently meet in the Pentland Weds--lunch time. Can you join us? I need to give back Munro book to Louise's mom.
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