Monday, September 7, 2009

Holiday Weekend Storm

It doesn't rain very much in Yakima and it is even more unusual to have high winds, thunder, lightening and rain at the same time. On Sunday, quite a storm rolled through town. When the wind and the rain picked up, I decided to rescue the yard spinners before they flew away. You can see how much the pansy spinner is leaning at the end of the sidewalk due to the wind. Unfortunately, the pig wasn't so lucky.
I was reminded of the scene in Twister when Helen Hunt yelled "COW" from the front seat of the truck. Just as I opened the door, pig was flying across the yard. What remains of him is lying on the sidewalk. The wind was so strong that it broke the plastic pole in half on two of the spinners. Poor pig did not survive, nor did the sunflower.

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